Punctually at the zero hour, 8 o'clock, the Chinese forces went into faction," One column moved south from Shangloo, five. miles north of Tijorehwang, while "another column, after crossing the Grand Canal from the south, reached Nanto, three miles south" of Taierchwang! The "two fought towards each other until they nally eft a gap of only four miles between their converging advance The Japanese forces, seeing themselves on the point of being surrounded, fought desperately to escape northwards, Some of them sueceeded in making their "got away" towards Szeshuyuan, about seven miles north-east of Taierchwang, before the four-mile gap had been finally closed. by the Chinese, but the rest are now claimed to be entirely surrounded. Reuter,
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