'A convoy of ten river boats taking 300 "Japanese wounded to. Tientsin from Paotingfu were attacked near Hsingan on the morning of Oct. 31 by a force of several hundred Chinese troops using trench mortars and machine-guns, alleges a Japanese military communique to-day.
detachment of the 'Transport 'Corps accompanying the boats landed and engaged the Chinese for five hours. until "relieved by reinforce ments from Paotingfu. 'The boats escaped to Tientsin, Several boats. the communique adds, carried red Jeross flags. Hsingan' is 60 miles. south of Peiping "The three-week deadlock north of Hraiyuantu, the capital of Shansi, remains wu broken despite desperate JJapanese attacks against Chinese posi tions in the Hsinkow Hills.
in the eastern sector. the Japanese ily. One force shed Tseshih, on the railway, 60 miles from Taiyuanfu.
Fighting their way through the mountains in East Shansi, they claim to have reached Changchingchen this morning. while a cavalry force penetrated a5 far as Chinchuanchen, the railway 40 miles from Taiyuan and only a few miles from Shouyang, at the edge of the Central Shansi plain, dpa Pann uy bene nine ney tu
Renewal of sighting is reported from north Honan where the Chinese are testing the passage of River, three miles north of Japanese report the capture of several bridges and fords, assuring them footholds on the south bank of the river. Changteh is at resent held by 6,000 Chinese troops.
In Suiyuan, a Japanese force from Paotow is reported to be approaching. Wuyuan, en the road. to Ninghsia. Since the fall of Paotow, the Jayanese have lost contact with the main body of Chinese troops, but a small group is reported to have been disarmed by Mongol cavalry south of that town.—Reuter.
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