Wachang Besiegers Attack Three Gates: Poor Resistance by Northerne1
The usual communigués from Kiu-'Kiang and Hankow were unavailable in Chinese circles on Tuesday night; stead there Was a general sugges-jon that a peace parley were actually taking place.
Hankow, Oct. 11.
Details of the capture of Wuchang, to hand this morning, indicate! that at daybreak yesterday the besiegers attacked the three gates: lof the city at the same time and succeeded in entering by the one held by part of General Chen Chia-mo's 25th division. Whether the defenders merely put up a very poor resistance or actually opened the gate for the invaders is not clear Dut it seems certain that the sudden capture of the city resulted from treachery from within. As soon as the Southerners penetrated the defences, the 25th division immediately surrendered but General Liu Yuchun's men of the 8th division kept! lup desultory house to house fire for several hours until they were finally rounded up and compelled to surrender. General Liu himself was enptured in the compound of Boone University while General Chen's whereabouts are unknown. It is reported that he left the city on Saturday night.
The casualties were not numerous owing to the sudden nature of the attack, while very little looting occurred, General Tang Song-chi, the Hunaa Topan, personally commanded the attackers,
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