Chungking, Dec. 10, 'AJAR fighting has broken out on the South China and fronts, according to reports received here, which state glee JJapanese have resumed their attack on Chinese the Dositions on the West River and also near Pingkiang, The Japanese forces west of Canton, are stated to be pushing an the direction of Chaoching, along the West River, While the Japanese on the Hupeh-Hunan highway are maling an /Pingkiang.
At the same time, the reports state, two Japanese wings the east and west. banks of the West River are pressing forward for a pincer movement.
yht_ wing, on the east bank, said to have reached Lupao and Guerillas Said to Paili, north of Samshui, after destroy-with heavy artillery bombardments. The left wing, on the west bank, is advancing on Hoshan, south-west' of Samshui.
Fighting is also said to be in progress east of the Canton-Hankow Railway, north of Canton, in the No Movement of British Vessels from Hankow Shanghai, Dec. 6. British naval authorities in Shanghai yesterday stated that there would be no movement of British warships from Hankow, following the extension of facilities by the Japanese to third party Powers to make the trip from that port to Shanghai, within the immediate future.
No vessel would leave Hankow, it was stated, unless relief vessels were there to take their place. Negotiations with the Japanese were continuing, however, and "everything was in the melting pot at the moment" continued the statement.
British warships in Hankow are the Gnat (625 tons), Lieut.-Cmdr. E, Neville; Mantis (625 tons), Lieut.-Cmdr. C.5.0. Malcolm; Peterel (310), Lieut.- Cmdr, EH. Carnduff; and Tern (262 tons), Licut.-Cmdr, M. H.-R. Crichton, Be Losing Heart
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