Hankow, Feb. 18.
Successes on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, in which the Chinese forces are stated to have regained some of their lost ground, are claimed in Chinese reports received here to-day.
Four columns of Chinese are engaged in a counter-attack. One of them, pushing down the railway, is said to have recaptured Siaopengpu, on the north bank of the Hwa River, opposite Pengpu, forcing the Japanese to retire to the south bank.
Another column is attacking Lin-haikwan, on the railway, 22 miles west of Pengpu, from the east, while two other columns are attacking Hwaiyuan and Fengyang from the west Hwaiyuan is off the railway, meat Pengpu, and Fengyang off the railway, near Linhwaikwan.
On the northern front, a Chinese column is said to be attacking Chow-hsien, on the railway, about twenty miles southeast. of Yenchow.—Reuter.
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