General Wang. Tung. two} armoured trains, left Kalgan yesterday with the object of ascertaining] the precise whereabouts of the main Xvominchun forees and_infieting damage td the enemy rear-guard.
A Fengtien cavalry brigade start-in the same direction, hoping to of off straggling units.
According to some reports, the main Kuominchun forces are' con-outrating on Fengehen, while other Reports assert that only a. strong] Nor-guard is left there. Military authorities in Peking have: no écfinite news in this connexion, but Fengtien aeroplanes are récon-still more evident that the retire ment from Nankow was premeditated and was carried out with little ess either of men or of equipment. All the foreigners at Kalgan are reported to be.safe and well.
Except for the two armoured! trains which left Kalgan on August 20 with the object of ascertaining the precise whereabouts of the main Kuominchun force, the Feng-"Allied" troops have not advanced further westward than Kalgan and despatches state that there is no evidence of any immediate intention of carrying on the campaign further, The Kuominchun are believed to be aligning their forces along the eastern borders of Suiyuan between Tsoyuan and Fengchen.
General Chang Chih-chiang has] established new Kuominchun headquarters at Paotou.
General Yen Hsi-shan claims that Fengehen was ceeupied by wre Shansi forces at noon on August The "Huang Pao" predicts that Marshal Chang Tso-lin will shortly visit Peking in order to inspec the
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