The Chinese troops were later reported {o be in retreat, with 2,000 dead bodies marking the trail of their withdrawal.
East of Lanfeng, the Inouye and Usuda units on Monday occupied the villages of Lowang and Lenfengkou, respectively 12 and 6 kims. from the town ón the Lunghai railway.
At Niuwangkochi, 28 kims. west of Tangshan, where Japanese troops first severed the Lunghai Railway, a force of 700 Chinese soldiers was defeated by a Japanese column on Monday morning.
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