At present, however, the dispatches said, this column was being engaged by two Chinese detachments, one of which was attacking the Japanese from the north, via Kukou, while the other was attacking from the south, via Chiwenshan, The fifth Japanese column, with Hotsin, at the north of the confluence of the Fen and Yellow Rivers, as its base, pushed towards the north-west in the direction of Yumeh, where, however, they were reported to have been repulsed by the Chinese.
The Japanese then turned towards north, one detachment attacking Siaochuenwo and another attacking Hsiangning, in an attempt to join forces with the second column, which had pushed westwards from Linfeng towards Taling.
The dispatches concluded that Chinese artillery on the west bank of the Yellow River wns heavily shelling the opposite bank, in the vicinity of Wonchen, and resisting Japanese attempts to cross the River at that point.—Reuter.
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