Part of Tehchow Troops Claimed Trapped Tientsin, Oct. b.
Over-coming bitter Chinese resistance, Japanese forces were to-day rapidly nearing what the staff of the Japanese expeditionary force described as the four objectives of the "second stage of the drive in North China." These objectives were given as the Yellow River, Shihchiachuang, at the junction of the Pinghan and the Chengtai Railways, 277 kims. southwest of Peiping; Taiyuan, capital of Shansi and Suiyuan, capital of Suiyuan province.
To-night, the Japanese troops were already within striking distance of the Yellow River, with Chinese troops in full retreat. Other Japanese units were advancing from Hsinlo, on the Peiping-Hankow Railway towards Shihchiachwang, 51 kims, away.
In Inner Mongolia, the combined forces of Japanese and Mongol troops were converging on Suiyuan city by four different, routes.
Three Japanese columns were converging upon Taiyuan, encountering little resistance in the great Shansi plain between the Great Wall and the provincial Capital.
One Japanese detachment was reported at Chunhsien, 25 kims. south of Taichow.
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