Hankow, Jan. 12, Alter successfully - stemming the Japanese drive for a few days, the Udo of. battle as again tuned agaist the Chinese forces in the Tsining sector, in Shantung, accords {ng to Chinese reports received hero to-day, It Is now admitted that Tsining, Important city 80 miles north-east of Kweiteh, has been occupied by the Japanese following a: vigorous counter-offensive; during which—tha Attacks were supported by tanks and heavy. artillery.
The Chinese defenders are said to! have put up a desperate resistance Velore withdrawing to Anchu, a village. approximately six miles west of Tsining.
Fleree hand-to-hand fighting, Chi nese sources state, preceded the capture of the railway station at Tsining, after which Japanese troops aiccesstully stormed the north and west ates of the city, The fate of Tsining was sealed when these two gates fell into Japanese hands, and in order not to trapped the main body of defenders then quickly evacuated.
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