Pingyuan, Nov. 17.
Deployed along a 180-mile front, Japanese soldiers to-night faced their Chinese opponents across the muddy, swirling waters of the Yellow River Three Japanese columns yesterday reached the banks of "China's Sorrow" preparatory to crossing the river for an attack upon Tsinan.
For the second time in as many days Chinese troops blew up part of the big iron bridge over the Yellow River early yesterday morning, in a desperate attempt to halt the rapid advance of Japanese columns, military authorities announced this afternoon, Never before has this great German-designed, 1,344-metre bridge been damaged despite long years and countless feuds between Chinese war lords when it survived the shot and shell of battle. Now it is a twisted wreck.—Domei.
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