Tide of Battle Ebbs and Flows with Slight Advantage to the South With the scarcity and conflict of wsriver, the folly led Secound of "the ch The difficulty of sifting authentic information as to the position of the warring armies is not by a trip from one side's domains to [the other's. Thus a recent voyage to Kiukiang tended in no way to clear the doubt from the different reports, as to how matters stand. It did, though, prove that instead of standing still, the war between the! Sun Chuan-fang was flowing. Thus ise on going down river to find instead of—northern forces at Kichow, which was. supposed to be the field base of the northern army attacking Hwang-chow, that the place was in the hands of the South, Just before the place was reached, on Tuesday, it [was observed that the Japanese up-Hward bound steamer, which usually calls at this town for passengers, was hugging the south bank. This {tended'to show that something: untoward was happening. On going nearer large crowds were seen outside the place and on the sill top [where there were' a few northern tents. The presence of the latter ed one to believe that the northern forces were still in Possession; ut much to one's surprise a little fur-{ther on brought to sight green uniforms intermingling with the blue of the civilians. Evidently the northerners had left in a hurry; not taking time even to carry off camp paraphernalia with them.
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