"About 3,000 Japanese troops," the communique says, "attempted to cross the Yellow River near Hochu on Thursday, but were repulsed by the Chinese forces defending the west bank of the! river. The Japanese retreated towards Wuhuacheng, south 9f Hochu. Meanwhile, a Chinese detachment reoccupied Paoteh, southwest of Whochu, on the east bank of the Yellow River, in Shansi province."
Chinese military observers believe that the Japanese forces in Shansi ud it impossible to cross the River, because their lines of communication in the rear have been cut by Chinese mobile columns.
Referring to the situation on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway front, the communique states "In the northern Tientsin-Pukow sector, the Japanese at Yuntien attacked Chinese positions, but were later repulsed, The Japanese at Linyi with tanks and many armoured cars, within the city wall of Ting-yuan, are surrounded by the Chinese. The troops belong to the Setsugo Division. About 609 Japanese at Liufu belong to the Takahashi Division, while about 1.000 Japanese are at Fengyang and 300 at Hwaiyuan, all belonging to the Yokogawa.
Chinese mobile columns ere very active along the Shanghai-
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