Japanese t closing a ring round s concentrate on the border near Payit about east of Hsuchow on the Lunghai line, a Peiping despatch said.
The Lun Railway now has been ern fore! four pain A southern' column cut. the line near Neihwang, twelve kin, southeast of Lanfeng on Saturday night. Another southern column c the railroad by blowing up the Wangchi Lridge, east of Tangshan, on Northern forces severed the rail way twelve kin. west of Sinanchen on Saturday morning, and at Paoche 27 kin. west of Sinanchen, on day night. Sinanchen is 107 kin. ea of Hsuchow A Japanese detachment driving south took Sinhotao on the easter bonk of the Grand Canal, eight kin southwest of Kwanhu, while th; centre units of the northern force. continued te push south Une between Hanehwanag an chwang Part of the 400.000 Chinese are which had been entrenched ale 120 kin. front north of Hsuchow from that city to Sinanchen started to re treat on Saturday morning, de: matches from ihe northern front said Some were said to hi estward along the Lur while others were moving southwest.
The Chin rately with their back thi oilway in an e cheek t Tapan sccordin he latest patel om t front One Japanese coi che s said to F nother south-east of Vu to be pushing nort railway At the state, the occupied ts march southward oilway Vanguards—c Japanese cavalry units a ed peared in the vie rity of Tsaohsien, chow fu aohsien is clove to the L
Railway Meanw concerning the situation t strategic city in on the north Lake, Chinese state that the city is stil nese hands despite Ghanese Moreover; they add, a Chinese flying column zeupie hsien t Lake. place at prose a age, zest of Chaohsien Part of the Chinese forces now in Chaohsien are said to be tur t lack the year of th Japane ps row besiege 19 in distance man this withdraw to the we 1 o fight as the did occupied Reuter.
Chinese jected bombard of bombs Bet cipal station he bomb: n received. The rail adiately repaired
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