Hankow, Apr. 17.
The Chinese command on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway is changing its tactics, according to Chinese reports received here today.
The assault of the Chinese forces on Yihsien, about twenty miles north-west of Taierchwang, is stated to have been halted "in order to avoid the unnecessary losses which would inevitably be entailed by storming operations."
Instead, the reports declare, the Chinese command has decided to use smaller forces to surround the Japanese troops at Yihsien, Tsaochang and inches and "starve them out."
At the same time, the dispatches continue, the main body of the Chinese forces is being shifted foi Operations in an "undisclosed are—Reuter.
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