The Archive · 1926

Shansi Troops

Peking, June 22.

The Shansi_ representative in Peking reports that the Shansi main fore has been driven back from Yenmenkuan, mainly owing to transport' difficulties, but the Shansi troops still occupy Tatungfu and other cities near the northern border. General Yen Hsi-shan has informed Marshal Wu Pei-fu that Shansi is secure and requires no reinforcements.—Reute! central sector, Marshal We Pei-fu troops have lett the Fengtien armies' vigat, the latter concentrating on Dolonor.

Five Fenation mixed brigades have eft the Tungchow region and are proceeding to Chunlingcheng, they. will relieve the Heilusgkiang cavalry and Fengtien infantry ere proceeding to Dolonor.

It is estimated that, these forces will bring the Fengtien total: at Dolonor to 190,000

Sanguinary Fighting at Kuangwa June 24, General Shans Chen, the Shansi Commander-in-Chief in' the Tatung front reporting on June 21 says that the Shansi forces repulsed the Kuomin chun on the night of June 20]

Kuangwu. The enemy retreated the direction of Taiyu and Anying. The Shansi forees are'pursuing them.

As the result of nine days' fighting 1,800 Kuominchun were killed and prisoner assert that Kuominchun suffered nearly 10,000 casualties.—Reuter.

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