most ¥erious ies took! in the -vieinity of Nankow, 80 kilometres north of Peipin Claiming that the Chinese advance towards Peiping along the' Peiping-Suiyuan Railway constituted a violation of the Doihara<Chin Teh-chun agreement and th as carried on in "defiance" of a Japanese warning. the nese military authorities here yesterday ordered a counter offensive The operations were launched a 2.20 o'clock yesterday _afternoo: against the opposition of General Wang Chung-lien's 89th Division The Japanese troops occupied Lunghutai, two kilometres south of Nankow, yesterday eve At 5.30 o'clock this 7 z. the Japanese forces resumed the offensive. Chinese re ance was crushed by continuous air and bot from raids five-inch howitzers A communique the Japanese Garrison said town, which was put on fire yesterday i be captured this noon
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