Nanking, Nov. 8.
The south-bound Blue Express passenger train No. 310 was bombed at 11.30 this morning at at Sishipo Station, between Hsuchow and Nansuchow, on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, according to a report reaching the Ministry of Railways.
Six Japanese planes, the report says, took part in the attack. destroying seven of the train's ten coaches and killing or wounding more than 200 passengers. Further details are being awaited.—Reuter. bornly contesting every inch of ground, blew up mines in the path of the invaders and maintained ceaseless fire with trench mortars and machine guns.
The streets of Taiyuanfu were the scene of a grim conflict in the afternoon as the Japanese gradually enlarged their gains, driving the defenders southward. At 2 p.m, Japanese artillery completed a third breech in the walls, enabling infantry to rush in and seize the north-west corner of the city, one-third of which s now claimed to be in Japanese hands. The Japanese plan to force the Chinese out through the south gate, where an ambush awaits them.
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