Continue Drive Southward Towards Kweiteh: Thieat to Hsuchowfu Imminent <Tsinan, Jan, 12.
MING, a key Chinese position along the Lunghai Railway, was taken, on Monday, it was belatedly announced here to-day:
General Han Fu-chu's Shantung provincial troops, which stubbornly defended the town for several days, were reported to' be fleeing to Kahsiang, west of Tsining, and Hsuchow.
The victory was gained by the Numata and Kuwata detachments, which are now continuing their drive southward—Domei.
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