All available launches were commandeered by the Kuangsi and Yunnan forces for the transport of troops and as none of them have returned it is supposed that pro gress is being made toward their objective—Canton.
On Tuesday evening it was_reported that the Kuangsi and Yunnan forces had met with reverses andj were being driven back to the city, but later-it was learned that it was only one section of the line that had retreated and eventually it was turned, into an overwhelming victory by a flank movement which sent the Canton troops 20 Li. nearer home.
Canton is acknowledged to be the objective of the Yunnan-Kuangsi forces for a recent wire sent bs the military authorities to Sun Yat-sen in Shanghai informed him of progress of the fighting and said they would welcome him in Canton as President by Chinese New Year.
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