This last reman: prompted the! writer to ask if he really thought it could be fought out xo quickly and he replied: "We really hope to see the end of it in a week and we feel confident that it will be over in two] weeks. That is why we are concentrating so much more force than we need. We may not scem_to have made much progress so far, but the difficulty of the country must be taken into account. Even with an enemy retreating, no army: can move quickly over a country. that is a mesh of canals and swamps. In the advances that we! have made, when the men charged ud themselves more often ing than charging, but we feel sure that we have them retroat-
The picture of the field at large, ax painted by General Liu, makes it Took very gloomy indeed for General Lu, "The most important bit of news, since you ask for new suid he to the writer, "is the formation which we have on what We think Is good authority that the Ast and 2nd Chekiang Divisions (native troops) have not only failed to support General Lu Yung-hsiang, but have formally declared their independence. It may also be of interest to Shanghai to. know that General Feng Vu-hsiang is coming down from Peking and will be here in a few days with approximately 10,000 men in two Mixed Brigades. The Hupeh troops which are coming to support us, one Brigade and one Regiment, commanded by General Yang, should arrive here tomorrow night, General Chang Fu-Jui has sent the Srd Honan Mixed ing already. Lu Yung-hsiang has only his 10th Division, the 6th Mixed Brigade, a regiment guards, a regiment of reserves, and his 3,000 Anfu troops from Fukien, to rely upon, We already have in Hine 40,000 of our own troops, a Brigade of Ch'en T'iao-yuan's troops from Hsuchow and other units from the North—about 50,000 in all. Tt cannot last long."
Marshal Ch'i Hsieh-yuan has his headquarters at K'unshan (Quinsan) and is in general command. At the Shanghai end of the line is the Right ist Army, with Generals Chu and Kung in command. On. the western half of the line is the right Ist Army, commanded by Generals Yang and Ch'en. The first three are all Division Commanders, the last is the Hsuchow defence commissioner who brought a brigade south with him. On the Brigade under a General Ma and they should arrive soon.
"All of these reinforcements come to us unsolicited. The other Chihli leaders were as eager to avert this fight as we were and are as we are to see that Chekiang side, General Lu has one Brigade of the 10th Division and the 6th Mixed Brigade in the vieing ity of Shanghai, and another brigade is over quicaty and that General Lu is thoroughly defeated. The Kiangsi army, made up of three Brigades, has' already entered Ché- kiang, was at Chuchow when we lust heard, and should soon be well into serves, guards and Fukienese are also at the Shanghai end of the line. The various positions of these units are probably well known in Shanghai, so the writer did not attempt to learn more of them. the province. The Anhui 2nd Mixed Brigade is at Kuangtch on the Ché- Kiang border and is about to advance. Sun Ch'uan-fang's troops. in Fukien are too far away to be very useful, but they are known to No Fear of Chang Tso:
The writer asked the Chief of Staff what he thought of the possibility, of another Manchurian descent upon Chit Juncture and was
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