Chinese aircraft yesterday bombed the Japanese position on the southern section of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway. It was their first appearance, and the visit, according to Chinese reports from the front, resulted m considerably cheering the Chinese troops, The main purpose of the visit was to cover the withdrawal of the main body of the Chinese forces to Kuchen.
Although Pengpu has been lost, Chinese circles are well satisfied with the resistance offered.—General Chiang Kai-shek, Commander-in-Chief of China's armed forces, has telegraphed to General Li Tsung-jen, Command-in-Chief of the Chinese forces on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway front, asking him to commend the two Szechuen divisions commanded by Generals Teng Hsi-hou and Sun Cheng, which took an active part in the fighting—Reuter.
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