The Archive · 1937

General Offensive

Tokyo, Aug. 25.

Japanese troops in North China are conducting a successful general off ive on all fronts, according to a anese report from Tientsin.

The Japanese military authorities, the message declares, in an effort to bring the Sino-Japanese conflict to an end as speedily as possible, have abandoned their past negative attitude and, instead, are conducting vigorous operations.

The Japanese troops along the Peiping-Hankow Railway -are stated to have captured Fangshai even miles west of Liangsiang, while Japanese troops on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway are claimed to have reduced Chinghai, 45 kilometres south of Tientsin, addition, Japanes for Peiping-Suiyuan Railway, in operation ith

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