Japanese Reported Rushing Up Reinforcements: Big Preparations to Defend Hsuchow Hankow, Jan. 26.
'HILE the situation on the northern sector of the Tientsin-'Pukow railway line appeared to be practically unchanged this morning, the violence of the fighting outside Tsining has greatly increased. Closing in on the city from three sides, the Chinese forces had virtually completed an encirclement this morning, Japanese reinforcements are now attempting to relieve the city.—Trans-Ocean, Spirited Resistance Hankow, Jan, 25, As the capture of Hsuehowtu would With such important issues at stake, sive. the japanese. command of the General Li Tsung-jen, Commanderimgnal fallway, military. Chinese InChlef of the Chinese forees on the jugular vein"" the Chinese are Tientsin-Pukow Railway front, is ex-making. preparations put up a pected to put up a spirited resistance Hlrong resistance there It the Japan= With his: forees, which include his Sie forees. come. within striking oise own Kwangsi divisions, several Cen~ {ance either from the north or south, tral Government divisions, and the General Ld Teungejen, Commander troops formerly under the insChiet of the Chinese forces on the of General Han Fu-chu, who was) Tientsin-Pukow Railway" front, exectited two days ago. inspected the, Chinese defences "at General L{ Tsung-Jen has personal-Pengpu, the ist major objective ly inspected the Chinese defences at, the Japanese forces operating on the Pengpu, the frst major objective of Southern section of the Tallway. the Japanese forces operating on the "General Chiang Kalshek, Com-southern section of the Tientsin-mander-in-Chief "of China's" armed
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