Hankow, Oct. 12.
With the Japanese forces claiming the capture of Sinyang, important point of the Peiping-Hankow Railway about 100 miles to the north of Hankow, at an carly hour this morning. Chinese reports state that fighting is proceeding to the north, east and south of the city.
Japanese detachments, it is admitted, have reached Sankwanmiac and Changtaikwan, also situated on the Peiping-Hankow Railway, immediately to the north of Sinyang.
Fighting, these reports add, is also proceeding on the highway to the east of Sinyang, and at. Liuling Station, situated to the south of Sinyang.
The Japanese forces on the south bank of the Yangtze, south-west of sin, are continuing their attack on the Chinese positions on the north bank of the Fu River, in the vicinity lof Soochow, it is stated.
The Chinese forces at Tehan are reported to have launched a counteroffensive against the Japanese, and] to be converging on Tehan.
Chinese official dispatches claim the recapture of Maweiling by the Chinese forees, in addition to the hills around Yaikou, The Japanese at Johsi are said to be pushing eastwards, in an attempt to reach the Japanese detachments said to be surrounded in two hills ten miles west of Tehan—Reuter,
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