Hankow, May 19.
Severe fighting is in progress along the entire section of the Lunghai Lunghai Sea Terminus Captured Shanghai, May 21.
Japanese bluejackets landed yesterday morning at Lienyun~ Kang, the Yellow Sea port which forms the eastern ter-
'The battle for the possession of the city continued throughout "Wednesday night, as Chinese units launched repented "counter-attacks upon the advancing Japanese columns, All through the night, Japenese ans on the Pawangshan' mountain, eight kims. from the elfy, intensively shelled Hsuchow and the Chinese! fortifications om the Wonlushan,—the Reclining Ox: Mountain, Long before sunrise, Japanese units were ordered to attack the Woniushan, which Ales four Kim Yrom In the face of machine-gun fire, Japanese soldiers charged the Chinese positions on the 186-metre At 6 o'clock in: the morning, the Rising Sun flag was planted on the Woniushan and an hour later Japanese mountain guns began to shell the city below.
Yutal, Kinslang Occupied Japanese troops which cut the Lunghai Railway east of Tangshan four days ago, at 6.30 o'clock on Wednesday night occupied a village 10 kims. north-west of Hsuchow.
This column, it was belatedly earned here yesterday, had earlier occupied the Chinese strongholds. in Yutal and Kinsiang, south of Tsining.
Other strong Japanese columns continued to drive towards the city from all directions.
The force which occupied Suhsien, important railway station south) of Hsuchow, on Wednesday was said by a military spokesman {o be rapldly advancing towards the junction of the Tsinpu and Lunghai Railways, Japanese columns driving from the north and the south effected a june tion at a point seven kims. west of Hsuchow on Wednesday evening.
The toft wing of the Japanese line was also reported to be pushing towards Hsuchow, after crossing. the! Grand Canal south-east of Taierchwang.
Chinese troops under the command of Gen, Sun Lien-chung. were said to be retreating towards their former stronghold on the Lunghai Railway.
The extreme right wing of- the Japanese northern force, which on May 12 crossed the Yellow River, has swung west, towards Lanfeng. minus of the Lunzhai Railway, Japanese naval authorities here announced in a communique Issued yesterday afternoon.
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