On Monday, the local military authorities removed their headquarters from Kungwoo Road, Chapel, to Lunghua whereupory the offices of the Director of the Woosung and Shanghai Commercial Area, which had been at Lunghua, Were removed to 5 Weihaiwei Road. Woosung Forts are said to be pracically denuded of troops.
There is a further report that six Chinese gunboats, the Yun Chi, 'z Chin An, Kien Wel, Lien Kien, Kien Kou, and Kien Chang, have returned to Shanghai from' Kiu-Kiang at the order of the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Yang. Shu-chuang, for defensive purposes.
In view of the wild rumours: which are being disseminated. Gen. Yen Chan-yang, and Col. Wang Ya-chih, commander of the 13th Allied Regiment in Shatighai, have ordered their men to guard the wharves, Jessfield railway bridge and the ammunition magazine at Pootung.
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