Hankow, June 22.
Although major warfare onthe Lunghai front is being held up by the floods, the Chinese are extremely} active on the eastern section of the} Lunghai Railway, attacking the -Japanese aerodrome at Kweiteh on. the} night of June 20, and withdrawing after a two-hour engagement with the Japanese there, according to a Chinese military communique, The railway to the east of Liuho is said to have been systematically damaged by Chinese mobile units. On-the night of June 20, it is further reported, another Chinese column attacked Lipatsi Raiway Station, west of Mingchuan, The Chinese are said to have occupied the station, while the Japanese, it is stated, held out in the houses in the town.
Using their hand-grenades with deadly effect, the Chinese are repomfdis to have inflicted heavy casualue" on the Japanese defending the station. The Chinese troops are said to have withdrawn at dawn yesterday añ)the arrival of Japanese reinforcements from Mingchuan.
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