Hankow, Apr. 24.
LTHOUGH gunfire is now said to be audible at Taierchwang, neither side is reported to be making noticeable progress in the fierce fighting now raging in southern Shantung. Both the Chinese and Japanese forces are stated to be bitterly contesting the possession of every village and every hill to the north-east of Taierchwang.
The present scene of hostilities runs from Lanlincheng and Hungshancheng, villages to the north-east of Taierchwang, through Chanshan, a hill to the north of that battle-scarred city, to Tien-chusan, another hill to the north-west.
~The vanguards of the Japanese forces in the Lingyi sector have reached Chuchwang, a village south of Lingyi and north of Tangchen, which is about forty miles from the nearest station on the Lunghai Railway east of Hsuchowfu.
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