'A midium.sized Japanese war vessel anchored off Chinghai was sunk by Chinese artillery fire yesterday, stated the Ningpo correspondent of the "China Evening News." Five other damaged Japanese gunboats, it was claimed, made a hurried departure to a safe distance. Communica. tion Ines were being systematically destroyed by the Chinese and in addi {tion to Ningpo, martial law has been proclaimed in all other east Chekiang coastal districts, The population was being evacuated, the report stated.
General Liu Gien-shu, commander of the Chinese forees in Chekiang, Ihag arrived in Ningpo to direct operations in person, while General Huang Hiso-hsiung, governor of the province, has town back to his post from Chungking. Chinese troops and guerillas operating on the south bank of the Chien Tang River opposite Hangchow have been ordered to start a general counter-offensive.
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