Hankow, Mar. 31.
'AIERHCHWANG, on the north bank of the Grand Canal, east of the Tientsin-Pukow railway, is now a "burning hell" with most of the city in flames and the Chinese and Japanese forces, locked in furious hand to hand street-fighting amid the flames.
The Japanese forces entered the city from the north, occupying one-third of the city, with the Chinese forces occupying the other two thirds.
The Chinese are setting fire to the buildings in the northern area, after spraying them with kerosene, in an attempt to burn out the Japanese and are charging the Japanese lines with their Chinese "big swords".
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