Harbin, July 15.
'A. mixed, freight and" Woop train was "derailed. to-day by bandits ight miles: west of Hengtaohotze, on the. western section of the Chinese Eastern Railway, but, almost. mir culeusly no one' was killed.
brigands tampered wi al rating hei nual Tactics, with, the result that" the train ran the tracks and was transformed]
{nto a mass of wreckage "Pwo locomotives and' 10. wagons were smashed, but the casualties were slight, only four members of the train afew being injured.
As. soon as the train had been derailed, the. bandits sprayed "the cars with rife fire and_a, spirited encounter ensued between them and the Japanese troops aboard. Using their "machine-guns "with telling effect, the troops succeeded in routing the attackers, who are believed have lost several men.
Bandits have been especially active on the western section of the come a venturesome—proceeding Reuter.
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