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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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In Nanking, foreigners including US Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson prepare to evacuate amid reports of cracking Chinese defenses south of the city and impending Japanese air raids. Japanese planes bomb troops near Susih-Kiangyin line; unconfirmed fall of Wusih. No anti-aircraft defense remains. Bombings on Kiangyin; Japanese repulsed at Lake Taihu.
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SHANGHAI, Nov. 22. (UP)—Foreigners who had remained in Nanking made hasty preparation to evacuate the capital today on the strength of reports that Chinese defenses to the south were cracking and that Japanese air raids were impending. United States Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson was aboard the gunboat Luzon, which will steam up the Yangtze river tomorrow for Hankow, leading the general evacuation of foreign embassies.
For more than an hour today six Japanese planes power dived, bombed and machine gunned troops southeast from the city toward the Susih-Kiangyin defense line. Unconfirmed reports said that Wusih, pivotal point of the Nanking defenses, had fallen. This would remove the last big obstacle in the way of the capture of Nanking.
The Japanese bombing squadron drew no reply from the Chinese forces. The city was strangely quiet because all anti-aircraft has been removed to Hankow. Remaining residents were apprehensive, believing that the Japanese were aware that Nanking was without air defense.
Japanese warships and airplanes rained hundreds of bombs on Kiangyin in preparation for an attack.
A Chinese spokesman asserted that Japanese troops in armored boats which attempted to cross Lake Taihu for an attack on Shanghsing were repulsed with heavy losses.
United States Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson was to go aboard the gunboat Luzon.
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Foreign News Details
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Nanking
Event Date
Nov. 22
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unconfirmed reports that wusih had fallen; japanese troops repulsed with heavy losses at lake taihu.
Event Details
Foreigners evacuate Nanking due to cracking Chinese defenses and impending Japanese air raids. US Ambassador Johnson on gunboat Luzon to Hankow. Six Japanese planes bombed and machine-gunned troops toward Susih-Kiangyin line. No Chinese anti-aircraft response as guns moved to Hankow. Japanese warships and planes bombed Kiangyin. Japanese armored boats repulsed at Lake Taihu.