Water, China’s Great Ally

Northern Advocate, 19 July 1938, Page 7

Water, China’s Great Ally

(Received 8-30 a.m.) LONDON. July 18. In fulfilment of the Chinese policy of flooding territory occupied by the Japanese, guerilla ►troops have destroyed the .dykes on the south bank of the Yungting River, 20 miles northwest of Tientsin, says a message from Peking. It is expected, however, tha'i; the Japanese will be able to repair the dykes before Tientsin is threatened. Heavy rains have again swelled the Yangtse River, especially at Kaifeng, where the Japanese advance to ChenchOw was previously held up. Small Warcraft Sunk. There is a lull in the fighting for Kiukiang, apparently because the Japanese are consolidating their positions. It is officially claimed from Hankow that Chinese bombers sank, set on fire or damaged, several small. Japanese warcraft on the Yangtse. Chinese frustrated a Japanese attempt to recapture Namoa Island, opposite Swatow, says a Hongkong message. Japanese warplanse bombed Canton city for 80 minutes this morning, concentrating on Wongsha railway station, which was again heavily damaged. The less of life is small. Japanese Aerial Victories. Japanese ’planes, says a Shanghai report, made a sudden landing on Nanchang airfield, where five Chinese ’planes which were on the ground were set on fire. The raiders escaped before the defenders recovered from the surprise. Japanese fighters engaged 15 Chinese airmen above Nanchang and shot down eight and destroyed seven on the ground, losing only one machine.