Word: tungchow
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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...Chinese forces would remain south, Japanese north of an imaginary line from Yenking, 45 mi. northwest of Peiping, through Tungchow, 13 mi. east, to Ningho, 30 mi. northeast of Tientsin...
After a bloody battle, Japanese troops mashed their way into Miyun, 50 mi. from Peiping. At one point the Japanese advance reached Tungchow, only 13 mi. from Peiping's walls. To the east, Japanese troops were nearing Lutai, 40 mi. from Tientsin. Unaware of Ambassador Debuchi's statement, an official spokesman for General Kotaro Nakamura, commander of the Japanese garrison in Tientsin, announced...