Tsinan, Aug. 28.
Satisfactory progress" was made yesterday by Chinese troops operating on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, military dispatches reaching here to-reveal Following the recovery of Toultuchen, the second station from Tientsin, the Chinese troops successfully drove the Japanese troops out of Chinghai, the third station from Tientsin, by attacking their rear The enemy troops, it was said, retreated in a north-westerly direction as the Chinese forces attacked them from three directions.
Chinghai, a strategic point on the railway south of Touliuchen, had changed hands several times since the outbreak of hostilities along the railway.
While larger detachments of Chinese troops were engaged in battle against the Japanese at Chinghai two days ago, it may be remembered, a smaller unit advanced beyond Chinghai by a flanking movement and recovered Touliutchen—Central News.
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