Tokyo, Oct. 2.
Japanese troops sweeping south-Jward along the Canton-Hankow Jway in Hunan were within eighteen kilometres of Changsha, the provincial capital, at 2 pam. on Saturday, a belated field dispatch reaching here today said.
Aerial observation indicated that Jchangsha had been evacuated both Jey the Chinese military as well as Jeivilians, the report stated, Meantime, Japanese troops operating in the upper reaches of the Mi River continued mopping-up operations against isolated remnants of three 'Szechuen divisions. which were "virtually annihilated' in fierce hand-to-hand fighting late last week, jnceording to other feld dispatches Shanghai, Sept, 28 Chinese reports indicated yesterday that Japanese naval units have renewed their attacks along the Chekiang coast and that during the past few ays Japanese planes. carried out bombing raids in several districts, destroying many houses and causing casualties among civilians.
On the morning of September 26, one report states, Japanese planes circled over Aoukiang (Wenchow) while" Japanese war vessels kept shelling. The Chin ese defenders returned the fire while several Shanghai steamers were caught in between the fire. One British-owned boat was damaged on the deck by a shrapnel, The s. Hsin Peking is said to be quickly returning to Shanghai from the danger zone, It fg expected that shipping between Shanghai and Wenchow will have to be suspended, Other reports from Kinhwa, war-ime capital of Chekiang reveal that Ninghai was bombed by Japanese planes on Sept. 25. Four pianes or-rived in the afternoon and dropped eight bombs. Only four persons were killed and the houses destroyed numbered 41. Riverlets. near Wenchow and Lishui (hsien or district) were also bombed on the same day. Yungho hsien was also bombed. Many bombs were dropped causing' many civilian casualties, "The sudden attacks launched by the Japanese may again cause Shanghai Shipping firms to suspend business vith Chekiang coastal districts where shipping at some places was only recently resumed. Many weeks ago, the Japanese declared that they would start military operations along. the Chekiang coast and also in some district in Fukien. The fighting lasted for some time causing a suspension of shipping and transportation of Che-Kiang, goods to Shanghai was also Hongkong, Sept. 2 A Japanese air unit bombed military establishments in Yulin, aecord-Ing to a report received from Sian, Japanese planes made a reconnaissauce flight over areas. south-west. of Pucheng in central Shensi, according the message.—Domel,
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