The Archive · 1924

Always Loyal to Chi

"We are Mupeh troops. We have fought at the front. We managed ts come to Shanghai and imme col: take steps to protect the pene?

the city and to maintain order. We have done the best we could strange city. Why should anyone question our loyalty?

"1 do not know Hsu' Shu-cheng.

never saw him. I never com: municated with him. T don't want to have anything to do with The man who circulated the story lied. Those who refused to believ> are my friends."

General Chang made some strong remarks about what happen to the person who publi ced these falsehoods, which might be omitted from this' account.

Anyone who saw General Chanz and who Listened to him, i bound te believe him. He has ewe dive Uirsael masses of troops, to the aviation figli. The soldiers were cheerful and pleasant and were delighted with the new plice. All were orderly, The 2nd Soochow Division had jest come up from Sungkiang and "were preparing. a tenting ground, for themselves. We finally Bob tothe aviation field where we Leet inge word from "Little" Hsu whether wanted them to fight—thix was expected at 6 p.m. They were read taking them to the vicinity of the ug soldiers, many wre could he seen further up the stream, and several fires, which were thought to be the result of Tsao, Ching and Kuo on the Shanhaiketan front has been instructed to assume an offensive.

"The morale of the whole Army looting. On Tuesday night 120 men, ned more than 10 Ti at 19 had been captured by Chekiang Shahochia, breaking the enemy" at Liuho and who had been deta line, and expect to re-take Chiumen length of the train. Meanwhile in ed at the Arsenal, were seen walk-this evening, Fieree fighting. is still order to prevent communication or ing along the Rubicon on their way proceeding reements reaching this) to rejoin their incoming comrades—"The enemy attacked ut Santuobrigade, the Kiangsu soldiers ha they had been well treated and kuan, pouring a continuous deadly carried ample bedding and uniforms fire into" our left flank for three to heap them warm, ax well as hours until they ran short of umbrella munition, whereupon our troops ut-definite formation tacked ind scattered the enemy, when Marshal Chi would arrive was capturing 900 rifles and four moun: obtainable on Wednesday, but the troops marshalling at Markham tain guns, the breech-blocks of men on the Rubicon, who had walked id, the American Company wei which had' been removed, and also across country from Huangtu, said thirty men, orth for duty that he was in Anting on Tuesday ind armoured cars sent to bridges, "Three enemy brigades have been morning, preparing to com? transferred from and others, while the Ligh! the Jehol front, through. presumably in order to reinforce After 6 p.m. the tram service on the troops at Shanhaikuan, North Szechuan Road beyond along Soochow Creek beyond Other reports state that enemy Range Road was stopped, ax was Markham Road. Double -squads movements to the west have ceased motor driving, and only pedestrians were placed at the roadways eross-for some days.—Reuter's Pacific ing the railway, British marines Permitted toko past the barbed Service, and sailors and' Japanese sailors, 'Mukden,' Oct, 15, while the sentries patrolling posts Double Row of Trenches headquarters communique between were increased. At a late 1am. states that Fengtien troops have hour last evening no trouble had occurred,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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