Advance in South China Continued Rapidly Severely Bombed Shanghai, Now. 20. Nanning Population Said to Be in Panic Four patients dug. out of "debris Tokyo, Nov. 18.
Jative-damage to buildings estimated at $90,000—X-ray room and hospital JURSUING their swift advance inland from the Gulf of Tong-Hisboratory completely destroyed—the ki Japanese army forces at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon foundations of the building' shaken loose, These are a few of the results crossed the provincial border into Kwangsi, field dispatches reach-Jof a Japanese air raid over Putien, ing here today claimed, The main body of the Japanese troops Fukien, on November 3 when three reached Nasiao, 12 kilometres north of the border, at 6.20 o'clock bombs, fell on the British-owned St. [Luke's Hospital which, at the time, tous canine, a romeo was clearly marked with a Red Cross Kwangsi is the fifteenth Chinese province to be entered by sign and large British lags.
Japanese troops since the outbreak of the present conflict on July According to reports just received fin Shanghai, the alarm was sounded 7, 1937, Chinese dispatches received here Jat 9 o'clock' in the morning when a While one Japanese column closed today Indicate that the Japanese jone plane circled over the city twice. upon Yamehow yesterday, another forees in the Fancheng-Chinghsien was followed by a group of three force advanced along the Yamchowarea are at present moving to the planes which dropped nine bombs at Nanning highway" towards the points on the motor road to the north north, along the main highway to Kwangsi, border. Taitze, a border Nanning. side of the city. At the frst obies town 24 kilometres north of Yamchow {ive one empty house was demolish-'The Japanese advance into Kwangsi and two kilometres from the Kwang-Jed with no. loss of life, the craters wilt be very dificult, Chinese circles tung-Kwangsi border, was entered at here believe, as high mountain ranges being seen within a radius of thirty 1 ofelock in the afternoon, Taitze is run. along. the Kwangtung-Kwangsi the last. major town in Kwangtung. the second objective, which is border, with Fenghuangshan (Phocalong the Yamehow-Nanning high= about three minutes' walk from the nix. Mountains) located on the way, fate of the hospital, one bomb was [border south of Nanning, and Shih-Tatang, 15 kilometres north of dropped demolishing' a house by the wantanshan (Ten Thourand Moun-Nasiao and 60 kilometres south of road and Killing one woman, who was tains) on the Kwangtung-Kwangsi-Nanning, the former capital of inside the building at the time. The French Indo-China border.—Reuter.
Kwangsi, was also entered by Japan-aid, according to the reports, was ese troops at nightfall on Friday, the
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