Shanghai, Nov. 19.
The fall of wshing. and a definite threat ings hu were yesterday Japanese com-from the fronts south and West of Shanghai.
Claiming to have entered Kashing. and to hr Folding part of that stronghold on the Sivinghai-Hangchow the highway, Chinese defence shan and Changshu, north-west of The situation on the Soochow front figg taken slight turn for the better after one week of cen fusion, according 10 C received. in Nanking yesterday. says Reuter. The situation on the Chinese Toft flank was especially critical after the fall of Kashan, on the Shanghai-Hangchow Railway, but! the arrival wf reinforcements inthe ashing area is stated 0 have save the situation The British residents in Nanking Jare generally unperturbed by the evacuation of the Chinese Government, Reuter continues, About half their number, however, Jare leaving for points upriver, while about twenty British nationals will remain in. the capital, including a Tew. women.
Taking advantage of the wet weather, which hampers the activity of Japanese aircraft, the exodus of the [Chinese population continues unabated by road and river. Motors fand taxis are unobtainable, as all are engaged by refugees leaving the city.
In the other direction, Chinese troops and war material pour in for the front.
'Refugees from districts cast [Nanking are beginning to appear in the. rain-swept streels, miserable, Jcold and hungry. They carry only a Tew belongings and' occasionally Jdrive 2 water buffalo, me Pierced Japanese infantry pushing west~ ward after occupying—Meilichen, Aftecn kilometers northwest of Chihtangehen, have been attacking Chi nese positions north-east of Hsiao-Chiachiao and—Hsichichiaehiaochen since Tuesday. recording 10 a corns que released at 620 o'clock yesterday evening by the headquar= iers of the Japanese Expeditionary Forees in Shanghai, Their left wing, the communique aided, at noon yesterday occupied Hisiehichiachiaocheen and matched on the line of creek west of it thus sett RAILWAYS: waterways
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