The Langfang Incident (Japanese: Lo-bo) occurred on July 25, 1937, about 30 miles southeast of Peiping, on the railroad which leads to Tientsin. "... while a Japanese signal unit was repairing communication wires at the Langfang station, a Chinese unit belonging to the 38th Division, which was camped near the station, launched a surprise attack against the signal unit. An infantry company of the China Garrison Army stationed nearby to protect the railway successfully defended the station throughout the night but suffered severe casualties." Gen. Gun Hashimoto adds that "to prevent the occurrence of such an untoward incident, we had given the Chinese advance notice of the repair work.... There were fifteen casualties on the Japanese side (four of them killed) July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Beijing (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: Běijīng; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking), is the capital city of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Tianjin (Chinese: 天津; pinyin: tiān jīn; Postal System Pinyin: Tientsin) is a harbour municipality in China on the Hai He River (from Beijing) and Bohai Gulf of the Yellow Sea (Pacific Ocean). ... Langfang (廊åŠ), Hebei province, China, is a prefecture-level city located approximately midway between Beijing and Tianjin with a population of 3. ... A number of countries have a 38th Division. ...
On June 21, the magistrate of Tianjin County initiated a showdown at the church that developed into violent clashes between the church's Christian supporters and non-Christian Tianjin residents.
After the incident, France and six other Western nations complained to the Qing government, which was forced to pay compensation for the incident.
On June 26 European forces heading towards Beijing were stopped by Boxers at nearby Langfang, and were forced to turn back to Tianjin.