Yenchow, Apr. 4.
Chinese troops caught between two fires at Talerhichwang began to retreat on Sunday night across the Grand Conal into the muzzles of Central Army guns, according to a late bul-latin from' the southern Shantung front received here this afternoon Only a handful" of Chinese soldiers, the dispatch said, were still Guerillas Capture Northern Town Hongkong, Apr. 4.
Chinese reports. stated here to-day that Chinese guerilla fighters had recaptured Yung tsing, thirty miles south of Peiping.—United Press, sticking to the defence line on the} north bank of the Canal al Taierhchwang, the "bloody angle" of the Shantung_ campaign, Japanese troops are pushing south and east of Talerhchwang to. attack) the retreating Chinese on the Canal Bank.
Most of the bridges over the Canal were destroyed by the heavy Japanese bombardment, the dispatch said, The Sakamoto detachment, forming, the left wing of the Japanese forces, has launched an attack on a Chinese five kilometres iethehwang on. the north bank of the Canal, Latest reports indicated that the Japanese forces were in possession three-fourths of Tuierhehwang, ing piece Chinese troops are under the command ticipated in the first drive on the town on March 25-27, Later, however, the Taniguchi, Nishimura, Kinoshita, Akamatsu, Nakamuri Kawamura, Amahara, Kunoh, Tsukamore and Mayeno units joined in the offensive These detachments included tanks. and The street Fahting ly scenes maze of Chapei lanes.
The japanese attacked the Chinese positions from all four sides—Domei. sector. on the disputed
'AL Toast 20.000 Chinese trans were during the bitter fighting dut-week in the Taierh cliwany area, reports. said, Hsuchow is now threatene+, Japanese officers said, because the capture of Hanchwang has placed the Jap troops in the position for a assault, while other Japanese columns are ready to cross the Yellow River a thrust to cut the Lunghai Rail-
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