Getermination to defend the Lunghai line at all costs, fresh Chinese troop: were reported to-day by Japanese reconnaissance planes to be massed in the vicinity of Hsuchow, the Ko: point of the "Hindenburg Line."
New fortifications were reported to fe under construction along a line linking Tingyuan and Fengyang, west f the Tsinpu Railway and south of hsuchow New. anti-aircraft batteries were geperi under, installation. in the vid ty, of Fengyang and Pengpu, where the Chinese forces apparently expect to give battle to the Japanese troops advancing: north from the Yangtsze River.—Domei
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