Japanese troops which landed in the Hongkong, Oct, 14, Bias Bay sector in South China Wed-LLEWING the capture this morning of Tamshui, the Japanese nesday were continuing their advance forces are now crossing the Taikong River, and pushing inland. after coming abreast of a line extend-All communications between Hongkong and Canton have now ing south of Tamshui at noon Thursday, a communique issued yesterday been interrupted, with railway bridges destroyed at several points, morning by the Army section and the river blocked with a boom. Even the main road is imof the Imperial General Headquarters passable to motor traffic, owing to constant surveillance by in Tokyo said.
The landing, the communique Japanese planes. claimed, took the Chinese "completely In addition to the foreign gunboats by surprise." The Japanese were ad-which are now bottled up at Canton, vancing virtually without any opposi-
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