Central China, July 26.
Japanese army aircraft' today subjected Tungtai, central Kiangsu city, 150 kilometres' north-west of Shang-hal, to an intense bombardment, Viinghwa, 28 kilometres north-west of Tungtai, was also bombed.
Other Japanese lying units subjected Chinese troop concentrations 180 kilortetres north of Sinyang to heavy, bombing.
'A Japanese army air unit -bombed Chinese troops entrenched 50 kilo metres north-west of Sinyang and othe points west of the Peiplag-Hankow Railway yesterday mornin.
losses were intlieled on the 'On Monday several Japanese bombers' ceattered Chinese troops in the mountains south of Tungeheng, la south-eastern Hupeh, foreing their. to flee to the south—Demei, Floods Threatened Peiping, July 28.
Torrential rains are. threatening North China with disastrous floods and have already brought Japanese military operations to a halt.
Out of the four railways radiating from Peiping, only that to Mukden is running. The others are under water in many places.
Arise of ten feet in the Yungting. River, near Peiping, has caused damage to the famous farce Polo bridge, where the present hostilities started.
The streets of Tungchow, east of ug, are under six feet of water.
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