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RESISTANCE

FORT

DUNLOP

The Tyre of Rugged Strength

"South Chlan Keralag Post Bldg.” „Tel. 24554.

JAPANESE ADVANCE A MILE ON 8-MILE FRONT. Foreign Military Expert Gives Eye-Witness Account of Battle.

Our picture shows the Chinese method of arouding damage from nerint cnids. Snatching an op- portunity for « meal in a strong

ly constructed dug-out.

15 FOREIGN

HOUSES DESTROYED.

NORTH SZECHUAN

ROAD FIRE.

THE MILITANT PACIFISTS.

DEMAND USE OF SANCTIONS.

GENEVA'S FATE IN BALANCE.

London, Feb, 22.

The 20s of Shanghai are what- Bere the fabric of Geneva, de clared The Body Brenld's Genevi correspondent +37 [L message op which the Labour journal bases an i editorial proclaiming · "The League | Mae FaReil,**

The Daily Horabit strongly urges ! the enforcement of Article Sixteen of the League Covenant as the unity ments of esemping oblivison by the ! Longue,

Another View.

The Dualy Polepauph comments j Today regarding the Fesdule spirit displayed by the Chinese, hut สรุ clares that Japan's overwhelming. military advaninges must prevait | and reiterates that Britain's polley non-interference, must be one of (vocentrating upon maintaining the safety and interests of British na-

Every

Shanghai, Feh, 22, 6,41 nm. Six members of the Settlement Fire Brigade, including three foreigners, were injured last night by splinters from a Chinese shell, while attempting to extinguish a tion. conflagration near the Juprinese headquarters.

The Chinose gunners have been concentrating their fire on those; quarters and considerable damage has been done, though no direct hit on the Japanese headquarters. has been secured.

The journal conclude <1. Paver with Treaty status in China by determined that the necessity ¦ for evneruntion shall not arise what. ever the developments of the lont

tuntion. - Revier,

Longue Assembly Outlook, Geneva, Feb. 1 In view of the fact that

the

When fire broke out closeby, the . fire brigade were hurried to the scene and were soon engaged in Legae Council has exhausted its batting the

shell came.

the Then

efforts to secure a pacific solution, of the Sino-Japanese conflict.. speetlation is rife regarding the opportuneness of convening the! special reeting of the Langue. Assembly.

Two British Members, Two Britisk Aremen, Station Officer H. H. Miller, in charge of

It is argued that the Assembly the Hongkew Station, and Volun-i teer Fireman W. A. G. Price, and cannot do more than the Council. Swiss national, Sub-Officer A, unless it decides to apply Article: Kelss, were among the victims, the Sixteen of the Covenant, Reuteri others being Chinese,

The foreigners were hurried to;

hospital and detained although ON THE WOOSUNG

none of them is seriously wounded,

The Chinese were allowed to return;

to the station after medical trent- ment. Reuter.

The Telegraph's Shanghal corres- i pondent cables this morning stat ing that the fire which the Brigade, was attempting to extinguish was in Magnolia Tergute, immediately j opposite the Japanese naval bead- quartera.

Fifteen

a'clock last night.

FRONT.

HEAVY ARTILLERY ENGAGEMENT.

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(Our Own Correspondent). Shanghai, Feb 22, 12, 30 p.m. The news correspondents on the Front report that the

UYEDA'S FRONT LINE FACED

BY HONGKEW CREEK.

TROOPS ORDERED TO CAPTURE TOWN OF TAZANG TO-DAY.

CONSIDERABLE LOSSES BY

MIXED BRIGADE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).

SHANGHAI, Feb. 22, 12:45 p.m. A FOREIGN MILITARY OBSERVER JUST RETURNED FROM THE KIANGWAN BATTLEFRONT STATES THAT FIERCE FIGHTING STILL FINDS THE CHINESE IN POSSESSION OF KIANGWAN VILLAGE. GRIM HAND-TO-HAND ENCOUNTERS HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND THE PLACE IS MORE OR LESS SURROUNDED BY THE JAPANESE, WHO ARE SLOWLY MAKING PROGRESS.

The Chinese troops are putting up a much stiffer resistance than was contemplated either by the Japanese or foreign military experts. The Japanese Mixed Brigade and the Ninth Division have suffered considerable losses, although as a result of persistent for- ward drives they have now advanced roughly a mile on a front of approximately eight miles.

This after three days of heavy fighting such as has never before been required of Chinese troops, and which has now brought the Japanese to the objective which was set on Saturday morning.

The Japanese line in the Kiangwan area is now faced by the Hongkew Creek for almost its entire length, and the Chinese are powerfully entrenched on the other side.

Japanese soldiers were moved up by easy stages last night, resting in their new positions, preparatory to the drive which was commenced this morning.

NEW JAPANESE DIVISION.

REACHING SHANGHAI THIS AFTERNOON,

(Our Own Correspondent). Shanghai, Feb. 22, 12.35 p.in.

1

A BRITISH AMAZON.

STRANGE BATTLE STORY CABLED TO LONDON.

(Router's Special Servicu).

Londrin. Feb. 21.

All the London newspapers give! considerable prominence to the ighting in Shanghai, and the provincial dailies also

make 11 Feature of the campaign.

BTC

It is, however, felt that some of; the journalists in Shanghai allowing their quest for sensation) to run riot,

One story describes how E beautiful English girl has been fighting shoulder to ahoulder with the Chinese troops.

MORE SENSATIONS!

Another speaks of the Klang-i war creeks running with

Pkture shows (left) Comman- der Davis, R.N. (ret.) the 89-year- old proprietor of the Forts Hotal at Woosung. He agreed to with

draw at the end of last week.

XIXTH ARMY PROUD.

Tsai Ting-Kai

white a third tells of n dapan On Outlook.

brigade of troops fighting des- perately for life when surround-

ed by overwhelming numbers of SPIRIT UNBROKEN.

Chinese troops.

Finally the European women af Shanghai are described 08 heroines, carrying on as usual de- spite the iraminent danger death from shell-fire.

Shanght, Feb, 2, 6.50 a.m. General Tuni Ting-kai, the of officer commanding the Ninetconth Route Army, made another fight- Those colourful details are not ing declaration in an interview believed by retired Shanghal- with journalists at Cheniu late

anders and others with

ex-tust night. |perience of the Far East, but the | ignorant_general public is thrilled}

to the marrow.

"We are pitting our men's lives against Uyesa's tunka, seroplanes and artillery, and still they have WHITEHALL TENSION.

not managed to areak through our. While the tension continues at lines, still less break our spirit." Whitehall concerning the situa-

"The worst of the battle is at tion at Shanghai. no Alurm

Klangwan and the mere fact that felt in an official sense, despite still hold it, indicates that the unusual activity at Downing our men are more than the equal Street during the week-end.

of the Japanese in fighting.

Man to Mar

We

Sir John Simon, the Foreign? Secretary, and Lord Hailsham, i the Secretary of State for War,

"Let Yyeda forget his powerful are keeping in the closest touchi throughout these criticnt days.

mechanised weapons for the time Lord Hailsham stated to-day man to man, and see what would boing and let his men fight ours "Should the necessity arise, Bri- happen. Ureda would be swopt tish nationals will be evacuated)

into the Whangpoo in a couple of from the International Settlement, days."

General

Tani Ting-kai,' whe

am reliably informed that for which all arrangements have) The majority of the Japanese casualties are at

eight Japanese troop transports, been completed, but at present, tributed to snipers and machine-gun nests, left behind carrying a division of fresh there is nothing to suggest that shows no signs of excitement in by the main body of the Chinese when they retreated soldiers, are expected in Shanghai there is need for alarm." from Kiangwanchen across the Hongkew Creek underat ve o'clock this afternoon:

It is stated that they left the the terrible Japanese bombardment.

Sasebo Naval Base on Saturday! evening.

into the opposing positions and new dres have flared up in severni places,

Shanghai. Feb. 22, 10.50 a.m. After two days of terrifle fight-

ing as a result of which the daun-

IRISH AIRMAN

CRASHES.

FEARED FATALLY

INJURED.

London. Feb, 22. An Irish avjator named Scully,

The next objective of the Japanese army is Tazang (sec map on Page Seven) in conformity with their turn- ing operation towards Chenju with the object of cutting foreign houses in

across the rear of the Nineteenth Route Army in Chapei. Magnolia Terrace, North Szechuan | Woosung Road, were burned out by the region is once again the scene of ¦

Although the Japanese are by Chinese positions along the Hong- fire which broke out üt eight an intense artillery bombardment no means proceeding to schedule, kew Creek, with Tazang just be wilch likely to continue the Japanese Command sets the yond them. That is understood to Chinese einim that they have country to cover, with orders that be their objective to-day, and they ese have been held up at every who left Ireland on Thursday last damaged a warship with their the fine must be pushed to a fixed have had orders to push to its point where the Chinese made a elght-inch yun.

paint, the advance guard being far side, whatever the cost. definite stand, General Uyeda has a fight to Ceylon, is reported The Chinese claim t the instructed to leave the mopping-up |

Marseilles The little sailent provided by the understood, these have been and it is feared that he has been

requested reinforcements, and, it have crashed near Nineteenth Route

Army

shot Process to the rear units.

resistance offered by a compara promised as a result of a special,

fatally injured.—Renter. down a Japanese plane, over

tively small band of Chinese Liuhongchen at three o'clock yes!

troops in Kiangwan Village may meeting of the Cabinet in Tokyo terday

[yesterday. afternoon. and give it The Japanese line now stretches prove #stumbling block. The number as 356.

jnorth ind Mouth fneing the foreign military observors have noted that the Japanese column to

STOP PRESS.

Shanghai, Feb, 22, 2.25 p.m. While the Japanese Column from the North is pushing towarda Tazang, the forces to the south and west of Klangwan are fight- Ing their way through Klangwan Village with the assistance. of tanks and urtlilery fire.

A number of motor-lorries, carrying Chinese wounded, were Hoon by Rautor's representative this morning, coming into the Western District on their way in hospitals in the Settlement which „k, are already full to overflowing.

Activity on the Chapel front s quickoning, especially in the vicinity of the North Station. Tho Chinese guns are vigorously bombarding the Japanese pont- tions in North. Szechuan Road area and considerable sniping is going on in the vicinity, bullets fly- ing over Hongkow Fire Station. Japanese artillery and machina- guns are replying vigorously.

CREEK REDOUBTS

Chinese soldiers operating machine gune from a strongly-constructed shelter eroster out of the debris of basus, They are protected from taerial bombardments and all but a direct artillary hit.

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spite of the grimness of the battle being waged, says that the casual- tles suffered have been exceading- ly light, thanks to the preparations made beforehand for taking cover from artillery and aerial bombard- ments.

"Our man," he said, "simply take cover until the roar of the guns has died down und

then re- to meet the attack of the appear Japanese soldiers. The losses of the Chinese in the past fortnight. until yesterday have not exceeded 1,500, though the figures of killed wounded in the Klangwan area are not yet available."

and

Chinese Strategy. ・・・

The Chinese headquarters Issue an official communique stating that they deliberately withdrew from their first line of defences at Klangwan with the object of causing the Japanese attackers to is overreach themselves.

The Royal Observatory reports JAPANESE CLAIMS.

that the anticyclone has weakened. It is now

centrai near Tokyo, attack by forming over S.E. Mongolia. A

They claim that five hundred

the south of the Village have been Semi- official Japanese quarters moving eastward. Anuliior definitely held up, having madostate that a night very little progress west of the Chinese troos at Woosung on the depression is shown to the S.E. of Japanese soldiers were trapped railway line, though this is Japanese poaltions wus beaten off Naha. Local forecast:-N.. or this possibly because they are awalt- with heavy losses. It is also variulde winds, light to moderade: Chi Chi University and surrender- ing for the enveloping movement claimed that the Chinese troops fine to cloudy.

are steadily retreating

•

by the northern column to Inke cirect.

· way.

HEAVY FIGHTING.

:

towards Chenju, though foreign observera in this district state quite definite- v that General Tan! Ting-kaf's headquarters are still there. There are no signs of preparations for an early shift.

The Northern Columu is ap- parently trying to get between Tuzang and Kiangwmu, but is see- ing very heavy fighting, the 87th KIANGWAN VERSION. and 88th Chinese Divisions, stub- burnly defending every inch of the the Chinese jubilation at their. The Japanese also claim that,

retention The foreign expert referred to amounts to no more than this: A of Klangwan Village barlier says he has seen a fair number of machine-gunners and number of Japanese casualtich riflemen (snipers) who were -un- coming back.

able to escape when the main body abandoned the arch, are still in TAZANG UNDER FIRE. side the ruins of the Village, shooting at the Japaneno. Klang Tazang is being heavily aholled wan la, they claim, surrounded by the Japanese guns, and many and there is no prospect of escape large fires have started there. for the Chinese troops therein.

On the Chapel front, It is The Japanese are advancing generally quiet. The Japanese rant on both sides, leaving the are making no infantry attacks in "defenders" to surrender when this region, though their fold-they come to remittancez 1) guns are sending, a few rounds 1957

way, being surrounded

Ing.-Renahu.

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