The Archive · 1911

The Position in Anking

According to information received the dissentious between the f revolutionaries ok-ing very arly reached a week, bat on November 24, a mai Li Yi-kao, formerly headmaster of the College in Kiukiang, arrived with 1,000 troops under the escort of the cruiser The 5th Division from the North has now arrived to reinforce the Imperialists, The total number of the Division was given as 10,000, bat of these 5,000 have been left to guard the railway. "All told, the numbers on the Imperialist side at Hankow are estimated at 24,000 men, Against these the Revolutionary forces were compared at about 40,000, but the namber flactustes, as it is said that the col are Haicha and took over command in the Ankiog and was able to restore order. is day be following Since the The two leaders of the rival factions, Wong Tien-pao, formerly headmaster the Aoking College, and Cha Kah-pa, a former high official in the Anhui capital, ran away from the City. For the moment a complete state of anarchy prevailed, which was fortunately ended by the arrival of the troops from beginning of the latest engagement, the revolutionary forces are believed to have tilty and sixty

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