Tokyo, June 6.
APÁNESE reports from Peiping this rheming said that Japanese troops had completed the occupation of Kaifeng, the capital of Hofian, on the Lunghai railway.
Chinese reports earlier had admitted that Japánese troops had reached the southern süburbs of the city last night.
Japanese re~ ports said that heavy fighting attended the occupation of the city, which followed a Japanese infantry charge on one corner of the city after an intensive bombardment of the city's walls.
Japanese reports said that the Toyama unit led the first infantry charge on Kaifeng, battling its way inside the city's walls and establishing a foothold late last night, Artil-Jory and additional infantry columns which followed the Toyama unit into the city assisted in occupying other corners of the city, Japanese reports said, Chinese survive of the Kaifeng battle retreated westward toward Chengehpw at the intersection of the Pinghan and Lunghai tines, Japanese reports said. Chinese troops also were reported withdrawing from Chengchow in an apparent effort to avoid a decisive battle with the Japanese forces, the reports said.—United Press.
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