Canton, June 24.
Results have been achieved by Japanese naval forces in the operations north of Hongkong, it was announced last night in a communique issued by the Press Section of the Japanese South China Fleet command.
The main force of the Japanese naval contingent on the South China Sea, under the direct command of the Fleet Commander, has been strengthening the coastal blockade in the south, while the naval flotilla on the Pearl River successfully assisted in the landing of army detachments for the Shumchun operations, the communique said.
Japanese naval air forces also were active in South China, successfully ce-operating with the army operations and scouting and bombing Tamshui, Waiyeung and' Pingtihu. Naval planes also destroyed supply routes in the vicinity of these points.—Domei.
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