Two Columns Advance On City As Aeroplanes Rain Down Bombs; 100 Machines in Raids; Sloop Goes to Rescue Vessel Beached Warships Cover Troop Landing The small British coastal vessel Hankow, July 24.
Hsin Fu was a blazing inferno off Japanese drive on Kiukiang is now in full swing, and the Sharp Peak, near Foochow yesterday morning, while H.M.S. Grimsby, was forces which landed at Kutang, seven miles below Kiukiang, alongside her, pouring water in are advancing towards the city in two columns, according fto through every available hose. Ac-Chinese reports. One column is said to be striking westward, and cording to reports reaching Shanghai, the other to be advancing south-westward, with fighting at present the crew had abandoned ship.
The Hsin Fu is one of several small centred around Macushan, situated to the south-east of Kiukiang. coastal vessels operated by the British With the land forces launching a big offensive on Kiukiang, tha shipping firm of Geo. L. Shaw, of city is being subjected to the mo: st intensive aerial bombardments, Shanghai and Antung, and was bound ior Shanghai from Foochow with a Chinese reports from the front continue. heavy cargo of timber.
Squadrons of Japanese planes are The first, and only, intimation that said to have raided Kiukiang "con-anything was wrong was received by
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