Tientsin, Oct. 8. Tientsin is threatened with a serious flood by the rise of the river ies ye on the city, the "Grand Canal flood extreme! ely from Tientsin to the south of Techow to be flooded.
The situation is aggravated by a breach in the bank of the Grand Canal south of Tuliuchen, whence a large volume of water is flooding the countryside south of Tientsin. Tt is feared that the water will top the—Tientsin-Pukow ich line forming. part of the flood protection dyke arid thus inundate Tientsin as
e Water is at present lapping yemen the banks of the Chinese A telegram received by the local office of the Inner Mongolian Army says Mongol forces, after taking Pailingmiao, continued south and yesterday occupied Wuchuan, 20 miles north of Kweihua, the provincial capital of Suiyuan. Prince Teh, the Mongol leader, is reported to have arrived at Pailingmiao, from Pang-kian, by air on Wednesday. Gen, Pao Yueh-ching, former representative of Prince Teh in Peiping, is expected to arrive here next week.
The Japanese military authorities claim the capture of. Chengtingfu this morning after crossing the Puto River and taking Pingshan which enabled them to outflank the defenders. The new advance brings them within striking distance of the Taiyuanfu-Shihchiachwang Railway and the Niangtzekuan Pass to Shansi.
Japanese troops in north Shansi claim to have occupied Pingyuan, 52 miles north. of Taiyuanfu,- on Wednesday afternoon. The Chinese troops are said to have offered very stubborn resistance but were compelled to give way to a bayonet charge by the Japanese, who completed occupation of the town. at 330 pin, Japanese troops, advancing southward along the Pinghan Railway, launched a general attack against strong Chinese positions at Cheng-ting-fu this morning after routing the Chinese left flank just before dark yesterday, according to the Japanese military authorities. The attackers fought hard before taking a corner of the walls and capturing the north and east gates. They are engaged in mopping up operations.
The Japanese estimate the Chinese strength to be twenty divisions whose line extends 90 miles along the south bank of the deep Bute River to Shentze—Reuter.
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