The Archive · 1926

Chinese Press Notes

The following items of war news. ye been culled from the Chinese Mashal Sun Chuan-fang hae called a conference of his military council and made a statement to the effect that he is quite capable of holding his own against the n spite of the fact he is releasing his hold Kiangsi. He is quite serene in spite of his reverse and is determined to fight' till the last, Marshals Chang Teo-lin and Chang Chung-chang are of the opinion that Marshal Sun is able to cope with the Cantonese without their assistance just now, but have promised, in the event of the sittation becoming too serious for to handle, to send their forces to the south to his aid.

The Southerners claim to have captured Nanchang, inflicting heavy losses in the ranks of the Allied forces und to have seized a large rumper of prisoners and supplic: Gen. Chiang Kai-shek is personal commanding the Anti-Northern Ex peditionary Armies and the report that he was wounded is said to be

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