STRONG OPPOSITION

Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 October 1938, Page 5

STRONG OPPOSITION

DRIVE ON CANTON HALTED JAPANESE ADMIT CHECK. FRONT WIDENING RAPIDLY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, October 18. Apparently the swift Japanese advance toward Canton is definitely halted, says the Hong Kong correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph.” The Japanese officially admit severe opposition from 120,000 Chinese entrenched opposite 60.000 Japanese at Wongtung, where the fighting has been severe since dawn yesterday. The rapidly widening front is perturbing the invaders, whose reinforcements are arriving more slowly from Bias Bay than are the Chinese reinforcements from Canton.

SETBACK OVERCOAIE JAPANESE PRESSING ATTACK. CANTON LIKELY TO BE TAKEN BEFORE HANKOW. (Received This Day, 9.35 a.m.) HONG KONG, October 18. Though the Chinese resistance to the southern invasion is fiercer, reports reveal that the Japanese overcame their setback and are now within 35 miles of Canton, the capture of which is likely before the fall of Hankow. A major battle is being waged at Tsanghsing, while the Chinese are massing on the hills at Poklo, in readiness for a flank attack. YANGTSE BATTLE - JAPANESE REPORT CAPTURE OF TOWNS. (Received This Day, 9.35 a.m.) TOKIO, October 18. The Japanese claim to have captured Yanghsin also Tehan, midway between Kukiang and.Nanching, for which they have been battling for two months.