Canton, Dec. 21.
"Pure fabrication by the Chinese press in Shanghai" was the comment made {o Reuter today by an important local Japanese oficial regarding. the Shanghai report that there had been severe street fighting in Canton.
A British resident of the city also ridiculed the story.
is believed, however, that fighting recently took place at' Fatshan, 12 miles south-west of Canton, also at mnkikun, 40 miles to the east.
Guerillas who are said to have Jearried out attacks at these places are believed to have now withdrawn Reuter Japanese Deniat the vicinity of Nanning had been'
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fencirced, a spokesman. for the "japanese army here yesterday declared that Japanese troops were hoy only resisting Chinese " counterattacks "in south-western Kwangsi province, but' were making progress towards objectives which he did not tone Chinese inanasuvre, launched on December 19, near Tapen, the spokesman - said, "Japanese forces: captured two high-speed. tanks and disabled third, a light model, on the following day at the same time repulsing Chinese soldiers who left 315 lead on the battlefield.
Chinese reports claiming that 1 had been encircled, Japan-communications with "the ca that Chinese bombing raids had been conducted around the Narning area is given in a Chinese report from Liuchow, where an aerial battle is said to have Chinese and Japanese aircraft, It is claimed that one Japanese bomber was shot down by Chinese pursuit planes when nine Japanese bombers raided Liuchow yesterday. The Japanese bomber is" said have been brought down at Kusin, a village south of Liuchow, follow. ing_a severe aerial engagement.
Over 30 Japanese bombers, accord-the report, twice raided pital of Kwangsi, yester~ reported that they dropped bombs on the south-western suburbs of the city, The raiders are said to have met heavy Chinese Border Bases Destroyed
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