Warships and Planes Attack Bocca. Tigris Forts A Hongkong, Feb, 4.
British steamer reports that" saw five Japanese warships this morning heading into the mouth of the Pearl River, and later heard gun-[fre from the direction of the Bocca Tigris forts, An engagement is be~ lieved to have occurred between the warships and the forts-—Reuter Japanese Land on Island Canton, Feb.'
Several Japanese warships shelled Tanka, south-west of Mueno, early this morning and tater landed a number of troops in the near-by Chikiau Island, according to usually reliable Chinese sources, Some circles here suggest that the Japanese are possibly establishing A base there in order to carry out operations on the mainland, but the more popular opinion is that they wore merely exercising, a previously.
In any case, Canton is not_particularly "perturbed by the news.
pointed out that there are strong Chinese defences in that distvlet. The Japanese bombardment to-day was clearly heard in Macao—Reuter Bocca Tigris Forts Shelled Canton, Feb. 6.
The Bocca Tigris Forts, at the mouth of the Pearl River, were again bombarded by three Japanese gun: bouts at, 810 am, yesterday. More than twenty Japanese aeroplanes also Joined in the bombardment.
Fire (as immediately returned by the Forts, The duel between the Chinese shore batteries andthe Japanese naval guns continued until D47 am. when the Japanese gunboats retired. the: course' of the bombardment, reported that the Forts made direct hits on one Japasese gunboat, and one direct hit on each the other two gunboats, Two Chi nese soldiers in the Forts w wounded, Japanese aeroplanes made sever raids' in the Canton+Hankow, Canton-Kowloon and Canton-Samshui Railway zone yesterday. Many houses were demolished, while several por-ons of railway tracks were damaged.
accordance with instructions som General Chiang Kai-shek, extras precautionary "measures have been adopted by General Vu" Han-mou, Pacification Commissioner for Kwang: jung, The various wild rumours which have been circulating in Canton in the past two days are gradually dying down, and the situation Is returning {© normal—Kuo Min,
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