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TRENCH WARFARE
Severest Engagement Of Sino-Japanese Conflict CHINESE SOURCES DENY ANY PEACE SETTLEMENT
29TH ARMY ENTRENCH
ON GOLF COURSE
The severest fighting of the present Sino-Jap- anese conflict in North China was reported to be
WAR MINISTER'S RETURN
Reported Order To The First Army
RETURN OF
GEN. SUNG
CHEH-YUAN
Peiping, To-day. General Sung Cheh-yuan, com- mander-in-chief of the 29th Army, is expected to arrive in Pei- ping from Shantung to-day. Our Own Correspondent.
told our representative a vivid story
Nanking, To-day. Owing to the tense political situa- proceeding this morning within six miles of Pei-tion, General Ho Ying-ching, the of what had been going on at the
Minister for War, who was in Sze front. ping, near the Paopashan golf links, with the Jap-chuen in connection with the re-At about 6 o'clock on Saturday, anese launching violent attacks on entrenched had to leave the task unfinished Chinese posts, using rifles. With- organisation of the province, has the Japanese suddenly fired on the
and arrived here yesterday. positions.
Peiping officials are reported by Chin- ese sources to have denied the conclusion of any trüce agreement with the Japan- ese, declaring their intention of resisting aggression to the end without counting the cost.
Other reports seem to suggest that an understanding was reached in the course of yesterday, on lines similar to the first truce agreement providing for mutual withdrawal, but that a breach óc- curred almost immediately.
HEAVY GUNFIRE AUDIBLE
Peiping, 4.30 a.m. to-day.
out hesitation the Chinese replied. It is reliably stated that General The Japanese soon afterwards be- |Ho Ying-ching has given instruc- gan to employ artillery, but the
tions to General Hu Chung-nan, Chinese were not moved.
e First commander-in-chief of the
About an hour later, a detach- Army (Chiang Kai-shek's Own) to ment of Japanese soldiers, attack. proceed from-
το reinforce ed desperately the little hill at the the 29th Route Army north-east of Wan Ping City. The General Hu Chung-nan is one of Chinese gallantly defended their Chiang Kai-shek's most trusted position and shortly afterwards subordinates. Our Own Correspon- took the offensive. The whole de- dent.
tachment of Japanese were anni- hilated.
YU HAN-MAU FLYING
At about one o'clock this morn- TO KULINGAN being, Lanother Japanese detachment CARRERA of about 500 tried to penetrate the
Canton, To-day.
Chinese position. As the Chinese General Yu Han-mau is to fly to Kuling this morning, and General were outnumbered they were
liged to retreat, but the Japanese Hiang Hang-ping, Vice-Commander did not pursue further. in-Chief of the 4th Route Army,
The Japanese at the eastern side will take charge of the military of the Yung Ting River
attempted affairs of the province during his
to cross the river several times to- absence.
day but were repulsed, sustaining heavy losses.
Mr. Wu Teh-chen, Governor of
Hostilities between the Japanese forces and the 29th Route Army were resumed this morning, negativing earlier reports that the Chinese had ac- Kwangtung, is also to fly to Kuling cepted the Japanese demands for settlement of the this morning from Shanghai. incident.ja
Our Own Correspondent.
VISIT TO PAOTING
Peiping, To-day.
At 5 o'clock this morning the Japanese retreated to Ta Ching Village. At noon they went for-
and this ward again,
caused firing The fighting is rapidly nearing Peiping, and
to start again. Only minor en gagements are now going on. Japanese reports state that the battle, which is the
General Fung Chi-an, acting Both Wan Ping City and the heaviest engagement since the clashes began on chairman of Hopei-Chahar Politi-Lukouchiao are still in the hands Thursday last week, is now only six miles to the cal Council and acting Officer Com- of the Chinese -Da-Dao. west of the old capital.
qusmanding the 29th. Army, flew to Paoting this morning, accompanied
Tang Chieh Hsi-Da-Dao.
Heavy machine-gun and artillery fire is clearly by Generala Chao Teng-yu and audible to anxious listeners in Peiping and subse- quently the heaviest cannonade heard hitherto be- gan to the south of Papaoshan. taonl edt to CHINESE ALLEGED TO HAVE FIRED FIRST.
we be glist and According to Japanese sources the Chinese troops have dug themselves in near the International Golf Course at Pao- pashan and were responsible for the re- sumption of hostilities, firing first on the
Japanese forces.
and.of
TRUCE BROKEN
Peiping, To-day. verbal agreement for a truce was believed to have been reached se and Japanese between the Chinese authorities here yesterday morning. The truce was offered by the Ja- and accepted by the nese, without conditions, it is However, the truce was ken when fighting was resumed Lokouchiao, Huangchuen and
Fengtai last night.
Tientsin, To-day: Japanese forces are pouring North China from Manchuria. Foreign observers say that they are now concentrating in Tangshan.
Large quantities
and amunition are now being made ready from to be transported to here. Three trains Japanese at arms and amunitions intended for vicinity Fengtai yesterday have stopped at Langfang.
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Japanese troops made to cross the Yung- effectively
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THE RESUMPTION. OF Dao. SOME MYSTERY SURROUNDS → FIGHTING AS A TELE AM RECEIVED IN HONG KONG AT 2.45 THIS MORNING REPORTED THE ISSUING OF A JAPAN ESE COMMUNIQUE IN TIENTSIN STATING THAT THE INCI DENT HAD BEEN SETTLED. To sanjeitcasto) Tvisit to embra
THE CHINESE, IE COMMUNIQUE CLAIMED, HAD AGREED TO WITHDRAW THEIR TROOPS FROM LUKOUCHIAO AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS TO OFFICIALLY" GISE AND PUNISH THE OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE TO CON TROL THE ANTI-JAPANESE MOVEMENT AND TO CO-OPE ATE WITH THE JAPANESE IN SUPPRESSION OF COM- MUNISM.
CHINESE STORY OF FIGHTING
SITTOR VAN DE Japanese Detachment
Annihilated
Peiping, To-day.
A Chinese Atmy officer, who has toons just arrived back from Wan Ping,
guns
heavy machine
osite side.
Tientsin, To-day. about 3.15 this morn- ing several gunshots were heard in the Japanese con- cession According to the Chinese authorities the-mo- tive was
to create another incident. The entire muni- cipality of Tientsin and now heavily Suburbs
Da-Dao.
guarded.
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