Feng-lin, issued a communique at midnight in which he stated that] there was still sporadic firing at the front, but that the offensive ha come' dissipated. During Monday's engagement a large number of prisoners were taken, who stated that the Hupeh troops under General Chang "Yuen-ming and some of General Chen Tiao-yuan's troops had participated in the engagement ut chat two-fifths of their number had become casualties. Two machine guns and 60 rifles were eaptured. The number of Marshal) Lu's wounded was 600, No information has been received regard to the commencement, of hostilities by the Kiangsu and Frkien forees at Kashing.
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