JAP. ADMIRAL KILLED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 208, 3 September 1938, Page 9

JAP. ADMIRAL KILLED.

Fatal Flying Boat Crash in China. THREE OTHER OFFICERS DIE. (Received 9.30 a.m.) TOKYO, September 2. Rear-Admiral Kotoh'and three other naval officers were killed in a flying boat crash near Anking, China. i JAPANESE CLAIMS. SUCCESS ON TANOTBE. (Received 2 p.m.) TOKYO, September 2. Japanese forces north of the Yangtse report the capture of Hochangshih, east of Kwangtsi. i DEATH ROLL 99. TYPHOON HAVOC IN JAPAN. (Received 10.30 a.m.) TOKYO, September 2. Typhoon deaths are now estimated at 99, while 77 are injured and 69 are missing. There were 1560 houses destroyed and 4800 damaged. JAPANESE OBJECT. ADVANCE TO THE WESTWARD. (By Telegraph.—rt-ess Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Chinese Consul has received the following cablegram from Hankow: — "There is severe fighting both north and south of the Yangtse. The enemy's object is to advance westward from two routes via Juiehang and Lu-an, where the enemy is heavily concentrated. 'On the Juiehang route the enemy fiercely attacked Moshan, but met with stubborn resistance. On the Lu-an sector the enemy also fiercely attacked our lines. The terrain round Lu-an being flat, we fought until August 29, when we moved to elevated positions. '"The enemy, with the object of dividing our military strength, lately commenced to threaten various Yellow River crossings south of Shansi and west of Honan, but we have taken ample precautions."