Fighting Continues Around Lanfeng; Chinese Claim Japanese Division Surrounded at Lowang Hankow, May 25.
OLENT fighting is still in progress at Lanfeng, about 40 kilometres east of. Kaifeng, according to Chinese front reports reaching here.
The Japanese launched further attacks on Lanfeng, as well as on the village of Lowang, a station on the Lunghai line twelve kilometres west of Lanfeng, it is stated. Japanese aero— planes played an important part in these operations.
Chinese crack units have, according to latest Chinese reports, encompassed the vil lage of Lowang, and it is expected that they will succeed in ousting the Japanese who are now in possession of that village.
In the region of Lanfeng the Chinese troops are endeavouring to gain possession of positions in the rear of the Japanese wings so that the Japanese front can be attacked from two sides, it is stated.
It is further reported that the Jepanese pressure on the Chinese positions at Kaifeng has noticeably lessened and thet at Cheniiu attacking Japanese units were' successfully repulsed by the Chinese troops.
The Japanese in the meantime occupied the town of Wenhsien on the northern bank of the Yellow River. between Chengchow and Loyang, and ihe Chinese therefore fear that further Japanese attacks on the western sector of the Lunghai Railway are imminent.—Trans-Ocean.
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