Chungking, May 25.
A Chinese field dispatch from Shantung reports that Chinese troops jhe business section of Tsinanfu early on the morning of May 17.
After engaging the Japanese in villages to the south-east of Tsinanfu, it is stated, the Chinese troops on the Light of May 16. launched an attack on Tsinan, and demolished the power plant, plunging the whole city into total darkness.
They are also stated to have started veral fires in various parts of the city, Chinese artillery units are said to have fired over 100 shells into the walled' city. Later the dispatch stutes, the Chinese withdrew to the hills, where they were surrounded by Japanese units, In a desperate battle, the Chinese, the report adds, held on to their positions "without any food or drink" for 24 hours, after which reinforcements arrived, and lifted the siege.
Fighting was said still to be raging y on the outskirts of Tsinan on May 20.
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