Hoihow, the most important port of Hainan Island. was bombarded by Japanese warships at 5 o'clock in the evening of September 16, according to belated reports received here today.
Military establishments in the stra-logically important city were said to have been destroyed by Japanese shells, In bombarding the Bocca Tigris forts near Canton on September 14, the Japanese warships engaged two Chinese warships, sinking the cruiser Haichow, 2,950 tons, and heavily damaging the cruiser Chaoho, 2,00 tons, other reports received here said.—Domei.
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