Tientsin, Aug. 25.
Severe fighting between Japanese] and Chinese forces has broken out at Chinghai, south of Tientsin, according to an announcement by the Japanese military authorities.
The Japanese troops, it is stated, have opened an attack on the/# positions on the Tientsin-railway after an arduous march through rain-soaked roads.
The resumption of hostilities coincided with the end of one of the wettest periods in the history of Tientsin, which converted the plains of Hopei into waterlogged quicksands, The defiles leading to the Nankow plain are raging torrents as a result of the recent downpours, while all trenches are flooded.
During the protracted rainy period all operations, except for brief air observations, were brought to a standstill.
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