The Archive · 1926

Defence at Hankow

From Rooxsy Giuaexr "A circumstantial account of fighting has been received here by According to these repens Ger Peking, Aug: 22, the occupation of Kalgan without mail from various foreign sources. Lu Chung-lin suddenly bolted on August 16 for Pingtichuan, his troops moving out in good order.

Next day @ demoralized horde of retreating: Kuominchun troops passed through, looting about 1,000 shops, but doing little destruction and taking nothing but ready money.

Then came a substiutial fo ree of Heilungkiang cavalry but without senior officers in charge capable of issuming control or directing further movements.

The local Chahar commander came forth to take charge temporarily fully controlled by the Allies with and on August 19 the town was jour any disturbance.

Marshal Wu Pei-fu's firet con fingents arrived on the heels of the Fengtien cavalry indicating that the whole country south of Kalgan had been swept clean, It is also confirmed that Tatung has been com-

There is much local evidence to indiente that the apparent Kuomiinchun débdele was a fairly well ordered retreat engineered by Marshal Feng Yue) with the Rassian we home, since the Reds are most interested in getting the Kuominchun back into positions where they will be able to cover the colonization projects in the upper Yellow River valley, believing that the "Allies cannot follow far.

Marshal Wu left yesterday, turning. command over to Mi Chi Hsieh-yuan, for Paotingfu whence he will eave for Hankow and then Yochow, believing. the south-em situation' demands his personal] supervision, Gen. Chang Hauch-Liang will certainly be appointed Tupan of Guihli and Gen, Chu Yo-pi Tutang of (Chahar, though the other appointments reported in the Chinese press are less sure,

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