Nanking, Aug. 27.
How the timely arrival of rein~ foreements saved the day for the Chinese at Nankow, where extremely fierce fighting is reported to have' raged continuously since August 14, is described in a Chinese communique issued here to-day.
"The 89th Division, under the coni-mand of General Tang En-peh," declares the communique, "was defending Nankow at three places: Nankow railway station at the foot of the hills, Nankow town, and Chuyungkwan, where the Great Wall, atop high hills, command the gateway into Charhar, "After repeated artillery _bombardment' and air attacks, Japanese troops captured Nankow station and town, but a severe battle raged for the possession of Chuyungkwan, "The situation became so desperate on August 24 that General Tang telephoned that it was useless to send reinforcements as his troops would probably be unable to hold the lines before the arrival of aid.
"But Chinese reinforcements, despite repeated Japanese attacks along the way, finally succeeded in breaking through and establishing a junction with the troops defending Chuyungkwan, the defences of which are now declared to be secured.
"A similar situation occurred in Kalgan, where Kwantung Army troops Jaunched a vigorous offensive and broke through the Chinese lines held by the 29th Army under the command of General Liu Ju-min. Tt was feared for a time that Kalgan would be lost, but the arrival of reinforcements finally checked the advance of the Japanese troops. Reuter.
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