The Archive · 1928

Fighting Near Tientsin

Tientsin, June 8.

Fighting is going on at Koku, 18 miles from Tientsin on the Haiho. There is intense rifle-fire, and communication with Tangku has been severed.

The sailing from Tangku of the Indo-China str, Leesang has been postponed, while two Japanese steamers and a destroyer and a French steamer have been obliged ived at Nunyuan leading his troops in advance of the Shansi troops, also asked the Peace Treser= vation Committee to allow kis troops to enter Peking. So the Cummitzee was at a loss what to do, Eventually, an understanding has been reached that Shansi fore should be allowed to enter Peking.

The Fengtien Brigade remaining in the walled city of Peking is to evacuate Peking to-day, and General Hsu Yung-chang's army is to enter Peking following the evacuation of the Fengtien brigade.—Toho,

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