Having Captured Anking, Japanese naval and military forces yesterday evening were continuing their advance up the Yangtze, towards Hankow.
The occupied town"was reported to be completely quiet, with Japanese sentries guarding the streets and Japanese warships standing guard on the river.
The town's population, dispatches received here said, began an exodus in the direction of Hankow a week ago. Since then, Anking has been nuded of its inhabitants.
Japanese warships strung along ihe Yangtze, meanwhile, continued to shell isolated Chinese units being driven within their range by a Japanese detachment which landed on the southern bank of the Yangtze on Saturday.—Domei, Canton's Third Alarm in One Day Canton, June 13.
For the first time in many months, Japanese aeroplanes in a second raid today invaded Kwangtung from a new base somewhere on the Fukien coast, probably at Amoy, At 10,30 this morning, three Japarese planes were signalled to have come to the Kwangtung border from Fukien, via Swatow, according to Chinese despatches.
The alarm was sounded through: Canton and, although no aircraft ai peared, the "all- clear" was not given until noon.
It was officially learned that the ers reconnoitred over a large area in east Kwangtung, and scattered thousands of leaflets as well as dropping eight bombs On Kweichow.
No details were available on the damage done on the contents of the leaflets.
In the morning's raid on Kwangtung, ten hami were dropped near Kiangsun, resulting in a number of casualties among the peasants. Many farm huts were also stated to have been demolished, Tonight at 8 o'clock the alarm was sounded for the third time in Canton, but by 9 p.m. no planes had appeared.—Reuter Imperial Airways Flying Boat Forced Down Simla, June 13 The Imperial Airways flying boat Ceres, en route for Singapore, which left Karachi for Gwalior State yesterday morning, was forced down by bad weather and is now aground in shallow water in Lake Dingari, Tonk State, The plane is undamaged, The number of passengers aboard is nat yet known,—Reuter.
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