The Archive · 1911

The Advance on Nanking

THE GATHERING ARMY

A telegram received by the Japanese Consulate-Geners] yesterday says that at 430 pin. on Wednesday the Governor-General of Soochow marched troops in the direction of Chinkiang, taking with him two gunboats.

Another telegram received in the same quarter states that the revolahanged their beadqi tore from Chinkiang to Kaolzebsien. On the 2ist their advance guards went to Langton. Reinforcements from Soochow are no longer going by way 9th November and the "Shanghai Mer-cary" of the 8th November respectively.

Oar reasons for doing s> are that both statements were antroe, and that by sending sach a message they have caused endless ill-feeling to the British Flog, and diagast at an action which causes women and children to retare here when it is undoubtedly unsafe for them todo so. So far from there being no fighting, fighting of a desultory ipiog have continued ever since the main action on the 27th and 28th October and nomerons ballets and tholis continue daily to fall in the Corcession. Althoogh foreigners have 0 far escaped, numbers of Chinese in the Concession have been killed or of Chiokiang but by and wounded and property damaged. As they are marching on Nani

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