New Railway Loop Cuts Off Chengchow; Battle At Huschow Said Going in Tokyo's Favour Peiping, Apr. 27.
IWO major railway arteries in North China will be linked on May 5, when an 80-kilometre spur of the Peiping-Hankow railway, jutting to the south-east from Sinsiang in Honan.to Kaifeng, the provincial capital, will be opened to traffic.
The line was built by Japanese army engineers who constructed a temporary wooden bridge across the Yellow River to carry the new line. Work on thi s spur began on March 25.
Sinsiang is also the junction of the Taokow-Chinghwa and Peiping-Hankow Railways.
The Peiping-Hankow and Lunghai railways cross at Chengchow, west of Kaifeng.
Chengchow is still in Chinese hands.—Domei.
Peiping, Apr The Chinese 20th and 22nd Div sions yesterday crossed the Yellow River at various points in the ne: bourhood of Chungmow and Tunghzo, advancing on a 70-kilometre front, is reported here today.
Japanese commencers ct Hsuchow who for the time being have trans ferred their staff headquarters to Kaifeng, confirm the new Chinese offensive and believe that the Chi nese forces will endeavour to invade Shantung.—Trans-Ocean,
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