FLIGHT TO HANKOW
THOUSANDS OF CHINESE
TRAINS AND RIVER CRAFT
PACKED
(Received October 22, 1.45 p.m.}
TOKIO, October 21
The Japanese report that thousands of Chinese are fleeing in confusion to Hankow from Canton. All trains and river craft are packed with soldiers, and troops are also withdrawing from Tsungyang and Pingkiang.
The Japanese report the capture of Hwangshihkiang, but the river booms still impede the passage to Hankow, which civilians continue to evacuate. JTighting continues on the ouskirts of Kishui and Tayeh.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 98, 22 October 1938, Page 10
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83FLIGHT TO HANKOW Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 98, 22 October 1938, Page 10
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