Japanese Encirele City with Military Activity Peiping, July 30.
The Peiping area was the scone of considerable Japanese military activily to-do While Japanese artillery bombard ed the Chinese barracks at Tslyuan, north-west of Peiping, from a' dis: tance of two miles, Japanese forces continued to pursue the 20th Army in the direction of Paotingfu. A mobile Japanese column of about 4,000 men from Kupelkou moved swiftly across country in "motor trucks and reached Yamenkow, eight miles north of Wonping, this moring.
The column was accompanied by tanks, armoured cars and machine Previously, the column watch" td the rearguard of the Chinese troops from Peiping cross the Yung: ing river at Mentoukou, Japanese troops have taken Wan-ping and Marco Polo Bridge, and have pursued the Chinese across the river in the direction of Chanbsinlen, which was shelled yesterday evening.
There were many civilian casuales when the Japanese bombarded Wanping preparatory to taking the Peiping Encireled Meanwhile, the Japanese have completely encircled Peiping, und the area north-west of the City 18 with troops, most_ of whom fave come through the Great Wall at Kupelkou.
Twenty Japanese planes landed field near the Summer Palace, Other Japanese troops have been encountered north-cast of the City in pursuit of East Hopel militiamen {rom Tungchow, which is now in the hands of the Japanese, Chinese civilian refugees from points "along the Peiping-Suiyuan rollway state that fighting also occur red yesterday in the vicinity of Nankou, whence crowds of villagers fare fleeing southwestward "inthe wake of the Chinese troops.
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