Hankow, Mar. 2.
Japanese forces are advancing rapidly towards Tungkwan, a strategic pass situated near the meeting-place of the borders of Honan, Shansi and Shensi, Japanese troops pushing westward along the north bank of the Yellow River have captured Yuanku, and are striking towards Yunchen, on the Tungpu Railway, north-east of Tungkwan. Tungkwan itself is on the south bank of the Yellow River.
Under General Sung Cheh-yuan, the former troops of the 29th Army are trying to make a stand east of Yuncheng.
The main body of' the Japanese forces is pushing southward along the Tungou Railway, having swept through to Linfeng, where heavy fighting is now raging, At the same time, a Japanes column is advancing on Linfeng from the east, after capturing Fu-chen, Kuchen and Anchieh, This column is trying to block the retreat of the four regiments of Chinese troops at Linfeng, who are hemmed it. from north, east and west.
The Japanese, so far, have made no attempt to cross the Yellow River at any point along the stretch forming the common boundary of East Shensi and west Shansi. The Chinese troops are concentrating on the west bank of this stretch of the river to resist any such attempt.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.