Again on Monday there was very part of the general attack premabittie activity on the eastern front. tutely launched.
Behind the lines, preparations for the renewal of fighting are going Deadly Machine Gun Fire. forward at a great pace, on the If it was a mistake, it was costly, Kiangsu side in the completion of for although Marshal Lu's troops, arrangements, for the prematurely were compelled to retire for some Jannounced "big push," and on is|distance, their retirement was side extra defensive measures, with covered by machine-guns well placed fan eye also to the possibility of in reserve lines, and they did great Marshal Lu being able to get in a Jexecution, according to reliable [counter-offensive stroke. reports.
The announcement that the 'This method of defence has been Kiangsa advance was to begin on employed with success on more than Friday night last was made with tone occasion, and coupled' with the 18 great show of confidence, and left hand grenades with which the Me with the impression that noth-man are well supplied, ing remained to complete the matter Puts them in a very strong posi-but the arrival of Mars) tion. Big supplies of ammunition and special train at Shanghai north ind grenades have gone up to station. Then came the cancella-Nanziang, and on Sunday night tion order, in view of certain neces-jand early yesterday another 1,500 sary equipment, which had been troops were despatched. - These strangely overlooked, having to. would presumably be the northern improvised, and this being so, possible that Friday night's attack troops called in from the Tathu front.
Honanese troops (reported la Observers report that the Kiangsu the Chekiang' commeiqué), was a heavy gun fire bias hech very ineffective, the damage done being. ex-{tremely small in proportion to the volunfe of fire, Nanziang railway station has been "a special target for days past, but most of the shells sailed high above the station jand others nearer the mark found inoffensive resting' places, so that the station remains practically
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