JAPANESE IN CHINA

Evening Star, Issue 23021, 28 July 1938, Page 13

JAPANESE IN CHINA

THE FIGHTING AT KIUKIANG PART OF CITY STILL UMCAPTURED INVADING COLUMN ADVANCING ON HANKOW Press Association—By Telegraph—Oopyrigln SHANGHAI, July 27. The Chinese claim that only part of Kiukiang has fallen. They are grimly holding on to the remainder of the town in the hope that reinforcements, which are rushing up, will stem the advance. Groat fires were raging in the city throughout the night. The Japanese forces are split into two columns, one advancing to Hankow up the Yangtse Valley, and the other opening a new line of attack south along the railway from Kiukiang to Nanchung. SAFETY OF HONGKONG ENSURED TOKIO, July 27. (Received July.2B, at 12.10 p.m.) Mr Makamura, Consul-General at Hongkong, declares that the Japanese have ensured the safety of the town despite the presence of 30,000 Chinese who are inflamed by propaganda from Hankow. NEW CHINESE DEFENCE LINE FIGHTING A REARGUARD ACTION. HANKOW, Juply 27. (Received July 28, at 1 p.m.) After withdrawing in a south-easterly direction from Kiukiang, the main Chinese body established a new defence line. It claims to be still engaging the Japanese in a rearguard action, inflicting heavy casualties. No extensive damage was done to foreign property at Kiukiang.