'About 50,000 Chinese troops con sisting of part of the Shansi army, Communist units and detachments of the' North-eastern army, ure trapped Wutaishan and surrounding districts,, Japanese military authorities here claimed. Japanese forces which occupied Ningwu on the evening of September 30 are advancing Yuanpingchen, south of Taichow. Other units, which advanced south~ ward from' Pinghsingkwan pass in north-eastern Shansi, are attacking Wutaishan Via Tayungehen. Units which occupied Taichow and Fansze, the authorities added, are continuing their drives southward—Domel, Troop Train Destroyed Tientsin, Oct. 2.
Supported by field artillery' one planes, Japanese troops this mornityg Attacked Tehchow, the firs. important station on the Tsinpu Railway tne fromthe Hope(-Shantung border. The main body last night was en" camped four kilometres north of Tehchow. A few hours earlier, ese Army planes bombed a wwain at the Tehchow station pres paring to pull southward. At least 20 bombs, says an Army communique here, found their objective, blowing the "train to smithereens.
'The' Chinese forces in and near Tehchow include "remnants" of the 117th, 118th, 16th divisions, and the 20th and the 30th Armies, totalling in all 50,000 men—Domei.
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