1939-02-02 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 2, 1939

Republicans Steadying

Franco Forces Encounter Stiffening Resistance

KING AND QUEEN

RETURN TO LONDON

London, To-day.

The King and Queen, accom- panied by Queen Mary and Prin- cess Elizabeth and Princess Mar-

garet, returned to Buckingham Palace from Sandringham yester- day.

The King and Queen motored first to Newmarket, where they in- spected racehorses owned by the

the train in which Queen Mary and the Princesses were travelling to King's Cross.

Methodical

Destruction Of

Communications

Perpignan, To-day.

SHARP FIGHTING NEAR SAMSHUI

Macao, To-day.

Sharp. fighting between Chin- ese and Japanese forces occurred yesterday near Mafong, west of

Conflicting reports continue to come out of Spain Samshui.

concerning the progress of the Franco offen- sive in Catalonia.

The

Nationalists claim that the loyalist forces are now penned in a triangle with Vich as the apex and are in danger of being compelled to sur- render intact within a week or so.

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Japanese troops, in motor- launches manned by machine- gunners, proceeded from Sam- shui upriver and landed near a party of Chinese soldiers. Mafong, where they clashed with

The Chinese troops were two hours later reinforced; and fight- · ing continued until late in the

King, later joining at Cambridge The Government, on the other hand, says that it afternoon, when the Japanese

still has 300,000 troops under its command and withdrew. that resistance will be continued. Bad wea-

Over 50 Japanese troops were killed and many wounded. Our ther conditions, plus a rapidly increasing stif- Own Correspondent. fening of the Republican resistance, has slow- ed down the Franco offensive. Moorish cavalry have reached a point along the coast forty miles

of Barcelona.

The country through which Their Majesties passed by car is adja- cent to the area in East Anglia which has been affected by the floods but the situation is report- ed to be improving.

Shortly after arriving at Buck-north ingham Palace the King gave an audience to the Prime Minister. British Wireless.

SPAIN REPORTS

In the Granollers sector, the pro- vincial town of Celoni was taken while in the coastal region Moorish

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Gerona, To-day.

Real obstacle to the advance is San Feliu de Colines and Arenys. the methodical way in which the "The enemy has succeeded, with retreating Republicans are destroy- the aid of German and Italiän air- ing roads and bridges. Trans-craft, in slightly improving his Ocean.

lines. Trans-Ocean.

TORDERA OCCUPIED On the Catalan front, says a

Burgos, To-day. Calella war bulletin issued by the Repub- The Nationalist forces continued Pineda and Malgrat.

lican War Ministry, the Republicans their advance north from Barce- The small town of Collaespina, are opposing the advance of the lona yesterday and occupied Tor- eleven kilometres south of Vich, Italian divisions and their Spanish | dera. has also fallen into the hands of mercenaries in the sectors of Col- Bad weather delayed operations the Nationalist troops.

Isuspina, San Quirino de ́Safaja,'in other sectors. Reuter.

JAPANESE PLANE troops took possession of

DESTROYED

Chungking, To-day.

A Japanese plane was shot down. and then destroyed by guerillas in the outskirts of Kating, acene

of bloody.combats in the autumn 1937 northwest, of Shanghai, a Shanghai report reveals.

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The machine was passing Kating when it was fired on Chinese mobile fighters. It crashed outside the town and was later dis- covered by the Chinese who set fire to it.

The Japanese airmen escaped. Central News.

UKRAINE NO THREAT TO PEACE

London, To-day.

Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secre- tary for Foreign Affairs, stated in a Commons answer that the For- eign Secretary was not aware of any abnormal developments in either the Polish or Soviet Ukraine such as might indicate that the peace of Europe was threatened in those quarters. British Wireless.

NEW MINISTERS NOT PRESENT

London, To-day. The ordinary weekly meeting of the Cabinet yesterday morning was attended by all members but Lord Chatfield, the new Defence Co- ordination Minister, who is on his way back from India, and the 'new Minister for Agriculture, Sir Re- ginald Dorman-Smith, who has nob yet been sworn of the Privy Coun- cil.. · British Wireless.

GUERILLAS ACTIVE NEAR SHANGHAI

Chungking, To-day.

A Shanghai message states that guerillas are in complete control. of

area,

the Peisinching-Paiyckong west of Shanghai.-Central News.

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