Equally confusing were reports concerning Tungchow, capital of the East Hopei Autonomous state. A Central News Chinese message state ed that troops of the 132nd division made a triumphal entry into the city 1 pin. yesterday, following an intensive bombardment by units of the Chinese air f It was further stated that Mr. Yin Ju-keng, head of the regime in that area, had made good his escape, although some beeved that he had been captured by the Chinese.
A report from Reuter states that seventy survivors of the clash on July 27 at Tungchow struggled into Peiping the same evening the majority suffering from wounds.
They stated that they had been hemmed in at the railway station under the Tungchow walls and had been bombarded with artillery by the Japanese, losing 400 of their ranks killed or wounded,
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