Tsinan, Apr. 3, Japanese troops occupied Lanling, 27 kilometres east of Yihsien and Jabout 23 kilometres north-enst "of southern Shantung, clock in the afternoon of April 1, it was learned here to-day reports from the front.
The town was occupied by the same detachment which captured Hsiangeheng. 35 kilometres east of Yihsien, on" March 31, Seven divisions of Chinese troops manded by General 3 through ring of Japanese forces surrounding them, the reports said. They were said to be locked in the area between Lanling and Taierchwang as result of a" successful enelreling, movement by Japanese columns: operating from easterly, westerly and northern directions—Domei,
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