Macao, Dec. 28.
The Japanese to-day landed 200 marines on Wongeum Island, directly south of Macao, after shelling the place. Motor-towed skiffs from a cruiser, a transport and two destroyers were used to bring the marines ashore. The shelling started at 5.20 this morning, and the sound of gunfire awakened the people of Macao. No report on the Japanese landing has yet been received from the Portuguese in Wongeum Island, where they possess rights.—Reuter, while the northern half of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway is now entirely secured by the Japanese.
The Japanese troops operating along the Tientsin-Pukow Railway from the Yangtze are now stated to be advancing northward in the direction of Hsuchowfu, at the junction of the Lunghai and Tsinpu lines.
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