The- left wing of the Chinese troops operating west of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway had moved across the Grand Canal from Kinghsiang and Chuyei in the direction of Tsining, the spokesman declared.
The Chinese forces concentrated along the Grand Canal, the spokesman went on, and also at Taierchwang, along Lincheng to the Tsaochwang Railway, were launching furious attacks on the Japanese positions south-east of Yihhsien, depolishing many Japanese tanks.
Chinese reports claimed that Japanese artillery positions had withdrawn to the rear for fear o' capture by Chinese attackers. Severe fighting, they asserted, was now going on in Tangtoucheng, in southeast Shantung, east of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway and north of Lingyi, as the Chinese troops were attempting to encircle the Japanese forces there who were offering stubborn resistance.
The Japanese were attempting, first, to protect the year of their forces retreating from Chuhsien towards Yishui, and, second, to prevent Chinese troops from advancing west towards the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, thereby threatening the rear of the Japanese troops operating in the vicinity of Henchwang.
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