Hongkong, Sept. 6.
Retaliating heavy gunfire from the Chekwan forts and from Paoan-hsien, both located at the mouth of the Pearl River, Kwangtung Province. a Japanese warship bombarded the Chinese positions this morning in-fioting heavy damages, a Navy spokesman announced to-day According to ihe spokesman, the Chinese opened fire as the Japanese warship was cruising in the vicinity te keep a check on entry and departure of Chinese vessels. The Japanese ship retaliated immediately. Later Japanese naval aircraft appeared over the forts and the walled town of Paoan and successfully bombed the Chinese positions, he added The east fort of Chekwan. the spokesman asserted, had been reduced to ashes when the bombardment was spokesman for the mi meanwhile, revealed that eight divisions of the Kwangtung and Kwangsi armies, under orders of Gen. CI
Kai-shek, have already been transferred to an undisclosed place in the "north." Three of the div added. are travelling on the Canton-Hankow Railway.—Domei
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