Peiping. Nov. 5.
A motorized Japanese force reports having reached Hsintientsun, four miles north of Taiyuanfu, this afternoon.
The fate of Taiyuanfu was virtually sealed when Japanese troops Occupied Yutzu. on the railway, seventeen miles south-east of the city yesterday afternoon.
A Japanese force, advancing from the north. reports the capture of Chinglungchen, only ten miles from Taiyuanfu. this morning.
The rearguard of 5,000 Chinese troops is preparing to give battle just south of that place, but the main Chinese forces are reported to be abandoning the Taiyuanfu area.
A Japanese communique claims the capture of Changteh, the chief city in North Honan.—Reuter.
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