Confirmatory of @ recent local Chinese report to the effect that a train coming here from Hangchow last Saturday was blown up by a mine buried by guerillas near Ping-ang on the Shanghai Hangchow Railway, a Chinese cable. from Kin-hwa, wartime capital st Chekieng give more details of the incident ing that it was the biggest result achieved by Chinese forces operating along the line for many months.
The Kinhwa report claims thet no Jess than 300 persons, including many Japanese officers,' gendarmes and Chinese policemen were killed during the explosion and in the ensuing battle between ambushed guerillas and Japanese guards of the railway, Railway communications have therefore been disrupted, it is stated, The mine is stated to have been buried by Chinese forces the previous night. On Saturday morning a Shanghai-bound train departed from Hangchow and when it reached a village between Ningping and Chang-an the mine suddenly exploded blowing the four passenger coaches skyward. The whole train was overturned and guerillas rushed out from ambush to meet a small number of Japanese gendarmes in the open, 164th Birthday of
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