Tientsin, Sept, 14.
Chinese troops have destroyed the railway bridge across the 'Machang anal, rendering the railway useless for the Japanese forces' south of Macheng.
'Foreign, pressmen, returning from conducted visit io' Machang_ this morning. report. that Major-General Toogat, former Altaché, Pueow' Railway front. hitherto not been known. a interview with the pressmen, [Major-General Isogal was optimistic.
said he believed Tuangehow [would speedily be. captured. despite The elaborate" entrenchments which nad been constructed by the Chinese [before the operations began.
The undamaged condition of chang confirmed the pellet that [Chinese had slipped out after night= fall without 'Aighting. following "ex-{tensive preparations by the Japanese fora big. battle "There was evidence that_consider-Chinese resistance at Tanghua tun' and Liuho covered their cross ting of the Grand Canal and the highway to where the Six foreigners, Including the Netherlands. priest, Father Willin and five Marist brothers are still the hands of the guerillas somewhere West of Peiping.
Four. others, Including an Trish priest, Pather I. F, Feely, were 1 Teased ten days oxo, 'A. detachment of Japanese troops fre keeping in touch with the captors, but "hitherto. they have "retrained fom attacking them pending the out-com of negotiations' for the release ff the prisoners—Reuter,
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