Bye-witnesses who watched the engagement from the City walls de-glared that fierce hand-to-hand fight ling occurred, the Chinese charging the enemy with their traditional. big fs those who had come from Kupel-Hkow last night and unsuccessfully demanded admission into Peiping, are reported (0 have been compelled eventually to retire because of the I superiority of the Chinese. They moved off in the direction of Fenglal after abandoning two lorries whose cargoes of petrol and ammuni-Yon had exploded.
During the-battle two shells burst over the city wall, 'A minor brush also occurred morning in the vicinity of the Chinese barracks at Nanyuan when a Japanese scouting porty drew fire from Chinese troops.
Japanese aircraft are said to-have gone Into action for the first time this afternoon, when several "planes fare alleged to have bombed the Chinese forces in the Nanyuan, area.
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