Peiping, Aug. 23, Since August 20 considerable forces of Chinese have been attacking railways. on. the Kinhan, Tungpu and Chental lines, damaging the lines and destroying telegraph communications, Stated the Japanese spokesman here referring to the offensive predicted by Chungking.
He admitted that the offensive showed signs of being more carefully organized than usual, Trame on the Kinhan line has been obstructed for several days, other reports confirm that there has been considerable fighting on a sector between Chochow and Shunte-fu, Several trains have been wrecked and the bridge over the Tsao River bhar been damaged—Reuter,
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