Nanking, Nov. 12.
Following the evacuation of Pootung and Nantao, the Chinese forces have taken up a new line Sungkiang on the right wing, Hwangtu in the centre and Kwangfu on the left, according to Chinese reports received here.
At present Chinese troops are said to be engaging the Japanese forces which landed in Hangchow Bay in the vicinity of Szechingcheng,. northeast of Sungkiang, with a second line of defence at Tsingpu. The Chinese claim that the town of Sungkiang is stil in their hands.
Meanwhile, according to telephone messages received here from Ningpo, reports of a Japanese landing at Kwanhaiwei, on the south shore of
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