Peiping. July 2, With the Japanese _intensiffing r drive against the 29th Army liting continued all day long in the Peiping sector, raging this ever few hundred yards outside the south and west walls of the city.
The roar of cannon swelled this evening as the Japanese began to bombard the Kwanganmen. one of the gates in the west wall of Peiping, where a sanguinary o-Japanese engagement occurred on Monday. The entire population of Peiping are confined to their houses.
Trenches have been dug across the streets and barricades erected at strategic points. The City is crowded with soldier British and American nationals leaving the Chinese City were withdrawn this morning into the Legation Quarter, the defences of which are being constantly manned by foreign troops.—Reuter.
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