Earlier today the Chinese claimed that their troops, in a counter-attack against the Japanese at Waichow from three sides, had forced the invaders to retreat southward towards Samtung.
They also asserted that the Japanese column which was advancing towards Pingwu from Tamshui, estimated to be 4000 strong, had been held up at Lungkong by a strong Chinese force.
General Pai Chung-hsi, the Kwangsi military leader, is reported by the Chinese press to have already arrived in Canton to organize the defence of the city, but no confirmation is hitherto available from official circles.
Four Japanese forces marching, north-westward from Waichow, are rapidly pushing towards Poklo, which is expected to fall at any moment. The nearest strong concentration of Chinese troops is stated to be: at Tsangshing, which is only 45 miles from Canton. Chinese circles hope that stronger resistance will be offered here.
The situation in Canton itself is obscure, as all communications with the outside world have been suspended, About 1,000 refugees crossed the British border today from Tamshui and other occupied villages.
It is confirmed that very little opposition was offered the invaders, who blasted out the defenders from the air long before Japanese infantry arrived.—Reuter.
Trains Bombed On Pinghan Line Japanese Army aircraft were busily engaged in bombing along the Pinghan Railway Saturday. One Afmy air unit rained bombs on Chinese troops massed around Suanhwatien, six kilometres south of Loshan, while another squadron of bombers sighted military freight trains of more than 300 cars on the Pinghan line near the Kwangshui station on the Hupeh-Honan border and demolished 50 of them. The trains were believed to have been concentrated from the "Wuhen area and other points whence a retreat toward Wushengkwan was under way.
'A large squadron of planes was sent to this area Saturday afternoon to continue the attacks on the trains. Forty to 50 trains were said to have been demolished by aerial bombardments near Wushengkwan. The latter group of trains was believed to have been used to carry reinforcements northward to the Honan-Hupeh border district—Domei.
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