Johannesburg, Sept. 4.
Petey Sarron retained the world's! featherweight title here to-day by outpointing Freddie Miller in a 12- round contest—Reuter, TientSin, Sept. 5.
Following a bitter ten-hour battle which started early yesterday morning, the Akashiba detachments, launching a concerted drive on the Chinese positions, succeeded occupying Tangkwatung on the Tientsin-Pukow railway yesterday afternoon, the headquarters of the Japanese Garrison announced here this morning.
Operations began at 6 o'clock yesterday morning, according to the communique, when the Japanese opened fire on the Chinese positions approximately 200 metres away. "The Japanese were assisted by both artillery and aircraft.
The Japanese forces, the statement said, were divided into three units, the ' Suenaga unit advancing in the and the Hata and Oka detachments taking the right and Jleft. flanks.
Smeared with mud and drenched to the skin as a result of a heavy downpour, the Japanese forces advanced to the moat surrounding the Chinese positions, the, statement asserted, adding that the moat was crossed in the face of terrific fire from the Chinese positions.
With ladders especially brought for the purpose, the statement said, the Japanese scaled the first Chinese breastworks and engaged the Chinese in hand-to-hand fighting. As the Japanese forces poured into the Chinese trenches, the announcement added, the Chinese broke and fled in the direction of Machang and Tsing-hsien, both along the Tientsin-Pukow railway.
Tangkwatung, the military statement concluded, was brought under the control of the Japanese forces at four o'clock in the afternoon.
Domei.
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