Hankow, Mar. 13.
Trains on the Lunghai Railway are still running in spite of the continued shelling of the Chinese positions at Tungkwan and Shenhsien by the Japanese forces Since the Lunghai Railway runs close to the bank of the Yellow River at Shenhsien and Tungkwan, the trains usually make this trip at night, headed by armoured trains which have been replying to the Japanese gunfire.
situation in the vicinity of on the south bank of the Fen River, is reported to be tense due to the repeated Japanese attempts to cross the Yellow River at that point Into Shensi Province. Heavy Chinese reinforcements are due to arrive on the west bank of the great waterway strengthen the Chinese " defence In "the northern sector of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway front, the Japanese forces appear to be making reparations to clear up the Chinese mobile columns which are operating in Taishan, China's sacred mountain, cast of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, Following the evacuation of Tsinan, capital of Shantung, and Tsingtao, Admiral Shen Hung-Lich,—former Mayor of Tsingtao and newly appointed Governor of Shantung, organized 300,000 villagers in east, Shantung into mobile columns These columns have been operating in the hills east of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway and along the Kiaotsi Railway. Their object has been to harass railway communfeations.
On the other hand, the Japanese forees appear to be determined to clear the railway zone of Chinese forces before launching a drive to the south, along the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, towards Hsuchowfu—Reuter.
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