Peiping, Nov. 21.
Atter several weeks of desultory' Aghting, in which aeroplanes, armour ed cars and artillery played a pro minent part, the eastern defences of Suiyuan remain intact with the Monchoukuo and Mongol forees from Charhar kept at bay.
Fighting occurred yesterday In the region of Hsinho when Suiyuan troops under Chang Wang-ching repulsed four attacks by the invaders from Cherhar, who later withdrew to their lines three miles eastward.
An iron bridge on the Peiping-Suiyuan railway between Fengchen and Pingtichuan, in eastern Sulyuen, was damaged Fast night by plain: clothes men, according to Chinese reports from Pingtichuan. The Paotou-Peiping express was delayed for four hours as a result, but the service is now normal again, With the arrival in Peiping of the: first foreign reports from the Suiyuan fronts, confirmation was obtained today of the successful counter-attack made by Suiyuan troops against the Invaders on November 18. On the morning of that dote, according to very rellable foroigr. travellers reach-Ing Peiping, a fo: ce of about 3,000 Manchoukuo and invongol troops from Charhar attacked a village near Pingtichuan, where the fung was plainly audible, The village was defended by only 400 Suiyuan troops, but they held the attacking force at Bay unfit reinforcements arrived, when they counter-attacked successfully, throw= ang back the Invaders with considerable losses,
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