Hankow, Mar. 28.
Generalissimo Chiang' Kai-shek's headquarters here received a telephone call this morning from the Commander-in-chief of the Chinese forces on the Tsinpu Railway front declaring:
"The Japanese forces on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway have been completely routed and the Chinese forces are at present advancing on all fronts."
General Tang Eng-po, Commander of the 4th Army Corps, telephoned this morning from his field headquarters at Taierchwang, on the north bank of the Grand Canal, stating that a Chinese flying column veoceupied Lincheng late yesterday afternoon.
The railway line, north of Lincheng, was also cut off by Chinese units and, following the occupation of Lincheng by Chinese troops, the Japanese forces between Lincheng and Hanchwang (reoccupied by the Chinese yesterday) were forced to retreat eastward in order to escape being entirely surrounded.
Further east, it is claimed that the Japanese forces. which have been attacking Lingyi for the past te days, started a general retreat this morning in the direction of Chuhsien a resuit-of the latest developments on the Tsinpu Railway.
Tsining Invested the west the same tale of vic-was tories reaches here, with the Chinese now outside the city walls of Tsining. Tsining is reported to have been recaptured after a severe artillery duel lasting two hours, The heaviest fighting in these operations is stated to have occurred in the Chinese-captured Lincheng, the opposing forces resorting to no less than twelve bayonet charges in in 24 hour Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has issued a field order personally commending Generals Tang Eng-po, Chang Tze-chung and Pang Ping-hsun ior their part in these successful operations.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has also allotted $20,000 to the family of General Wang Ming-chang, the Szechuen Division Commander recently killed in the Tsinpu fighting, and $50,000 to the families of other officers and soldiers killed on this front.—Reuter.
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