Peiping. July 30.
The Peiping area was the scene of considerable Japanese military activity to-day.
While Japanese artillery bombarded the Chinese barracks at Hsiyuan, north-west of Peiping, from a distonce of two miles, Japanese forces continued to pursue the 29th Army in the direction of Paotingfu. A mobile Japanese column of about 4000 men from Kupeikou moved swiftly across country in motor trucks and reached Yamenkow, eight miles north of Wünping, this morning.
The column was accompanied by tanks, armoured cars and machine guns, Previously, the column watched the rearguard of the Chinese troops from Peiping cross the Yungting river at Mentoukou, Japanese troops have taken Wan-ping and Marco Polo Bridge,.and have pursued the Chinese across the Nanking, July 30.
Large-scale Sino-Japanese hosti ties in North China appeared probable to-day as Gen, Chiang Kai. shek, chairman of the Military Affaire Commission, this morning ordered 50000 Central Government troops, concentrated at Paoting, capital of &opei province, to march north-wards to Chonghsintien, fifteen. miles south of Peiping.
These troops will join the 29th Army units which have been pushed west of the Yungting River in the two-day Japanese drive in the Peiping area, Domei learned.
A vast Chinese counter-offensive for the recovery of Peiping cand Tientsin was expected here to be launched by these troops.
This north-ward movement of Chinese troops it was believed by Japanese circles, would be supported by aircraft, thus foreshadowing an early baptism of fire for China's air force.
Gen. Chen Cheng, director of the Military Readjustment Committee of the ' Wuchang Provisional Headquarters of the Generalissimo, has established his general feld headquarters at Shihchiachwang, assuming command of all Chinese. forces in Hopei, on behalf of Gen. Chiang.—Domei,
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