EVACUATION OF HANKOW
; ... 1 l.';i j jLiK-u.';;; IdITY VIRTUALLY ISOtfcfEß GOOLIcS AND CIVILIANS LEAVE FOI INTERIOR Press Association—By Telegraph—GopyrigM) HANKOW. October 19. (Received October 20, at 10.30 a.m.VJ The evacuation of 15,000 rickshaw coolies with their families, in the dead of night left the, city without popular means of transport. . ■ Four thousand civilians also left for the interior. The city is pew virtually, isolated. THIRTY-EIGHT MILES FROM CANTDN JAPANE&E - AWAITING REINFORCEMENTS. HONGKONG, October 19. (Received October 20, at 1.5 P-ni.) , The Japanese are 38 f Cahii' ton and 50 from Hankow.Eugene Chen has appealed ito Hankow for reinforcements: to defend Canton, declaring that the rapid progress of the Japanese from the- coast is. at-: tributable to Marshal Ghiang Kai-shek policy of denuding, the: southern pyo-:. vinces of crack troops”' and airmen:. . Thousands of troops are going ‘soutS and are -expected to draw up 15 mile* from Canton, where 100,000 are already stationed. The Japanese are believed to be awaiting reinforcements before a decisive push, apparently .contemplating a naval attack, as 60 motor boat I passed Swatow in the direction -of Hongkong. ,
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Evening Star, Issue 23093, 20 October 1938, Page 12
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181EVACUATION OF HANKOW Evening Star, Issue 23093, 20 October 1938, Page 12
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