'The Japanese forces, "which escap-from 'Taierchwang" are stated to have joined "the Japanese troops at Yihsien and to. have erected. strong entrenchments in the hills north-west 'Yihsion, "where. they "are stub> armly' resisting Chinese "assaults, Chinese troops, it is claimed, have occupied Kiuhsan, three miles north ast of Yihsien. 'The Japanese forces fat Lingyi are reported to have attacked the Chinese positions. at Kuchen this morning, but to have een repulsed." At the same time, a Chinese column is said' to have tacked the Japanese troops occupy Hesianchen, between Taierchwang an Lingy.
Not one house is standing in [Taierchwang, which normally "con: {ains 4,000 families, according to correspondents who. said. they" toured the area six hours after Chinese occupation of the town. in the wheat fields "outside the north gate, the JJepanese, they declared, ott' four tanks—three. burned and' one badly damaged. The wreck of one Japan fosse bomber, they added, was found south of Liuchiahu. North of the city wall and surrounding the area, the correspondents asserted, hell foies and tnexplodedshelis were found everywhere.
At the time of their visit, they. a ed, hundreds "of Chinese soldiers were bathing in the Grand "Canal, fand later in the night they could be Heard "singing tu their" camps ruler.
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