Heavy Fighting in Honan Province; Air Raids Expected Along Railways in Shanghai Area Chungking, Apr. 26. HEAVY taliting is in progress in Honan province, to the east of the Peiping-Hankow Railway, according toa {clephone message received here today from Chowchiakow, where gunfire is said to be clearly audible.
It is stated that Japanese forces are launching a vigorous attack against Chinese positions at Taikang Chinese reports claim that the vanguard of the Chinese troops who are attacking Hsuchow have reached its northern outskirts.
In south Shansi province, heavy ting Is reported 10 be in progress in Foushan, south-east of Linfeng, which is situated east of the Tungpu Railway.
After 24 hours of severe fighting, Chinese forees onthe afternoon of April 24 occupied Tacheng, north-east of Kaoan, on the highway. to Nanchang, states a Chinese field dispatch from Kiangsi. "The Japanese, it adds, are. retreating northward "towards Fensin. Another Chinese detachment said to have reached the outskirts of Fengsin,
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