Canton, Oct. 26.
Under cover of a heavy naval barrage, Japanese army detachments on Monday effected a surprise landing at a point five kilometres north-Namhoi, southwest of Canton just off the Canton, Samshui railway, belated reports received here revealed.
The detachments, according to the dispatches, were driving westward and had passed Shihtzepin at four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Villages in the vicinity of Namhoi, reports said, are shrouded in fire and smoke.—Domei.
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