Fighting on the Sungkiang fei day and Thursday, General Ho Fe out continued throughout Wednes-engin personally directing the attack from Hsinchuang.
Marchal Li's forees on Wednesday. war pel Mingshingehiao by pally due to General Hor active participation in the fight, De. Loh, in a communique issued at Lunghua at midnight st ed that a small detachment of enemy troops en ered Sungkiang, but had not completely occupied the city.
Firing still continued' at the South ard East Gates of the city, Lunghua is not of the opinion that Sungkiang is inevitably lost, recapture th Another attempt will be made to Lam.
Information carly this morning from the front indicated thi Marshal u's cops were retreating to the vicinity of Bridge 21 in the direction of Heinchuang and hat the city of Sungkiang will be enrively evacuated in the course of the morning, 'Thursday was the 10th day' the war with no fighting on the ceqtern front, both Liuho and Huangtu being quiet. was confirmed that Marshal Chi Hsieh yuan is well and at Quinsan, There appears no doubt that Sungkiang has been evacuated. The process began at 6 pam. on Wednesday, and it is thought that it had been completed within hours—all soldiers on the retreat stating that the Fukienese troops now occupied that city. Three hundred men came back to Hsinchao station, seven miles this side Sungkiang and all_were of the same opinion while Gen. Ho Feng-Tin, made two tips to' the front, going as far as Hsinchuang, 1 miles from Sungkiang. Me would hot be interviewed as to whether the city had veally fallen into enemy All the artillery ras bees and placed at points alo the duilroud, bearing toward th Hangnet River. Though commun cation with Sungkiang has been broken, the telegraph wires being cut, engine dill come out from Minhsinehao in the early morning bringing representa two Shanghai papers who had beea marooned there during the night. the evacuation began. Not more than a dozen or 20 wounded came down the railway on Thursday. Motor-cars brought in some from Minghong -where another sharp agement is said to have taken place. Two of the 75's from Sung. Kiang were taken to Tsingpu and another two rested in the. station ant al Hsinchso all day on Thurs The entire country near Hsin chao station is covered on both sides! of the railway by the Chapel Feeeuits—a point seven miles from Sungkiang station; while at Bridge 21 two miles further forward more! than 1,000 of Marshal Lu's—men we flanked the rails, the main force being on-the left flank toward Minghons. The entire countryside appears to be filled with defending soldiers, deployed in skirmishing order, behind graves, along—the: banks of vs and wherever there is any sort of cover.
The Defence Forces nesdi vas subjected too The tire Hine during all Wed
heavy fire, rifle and machine-su7 in_partieulur, while an occasional shell from the 75% broke over the ails snd the train men were afraid go through. They can hardly blamed, for the special that at~ tempted to get to Sungkinng with animunition, for which trip the eres were to be paid $200 was Struck in the boiler and damaged so that it could not return under its own steam, but had to be towed Duck when a temporary attack by the men, from Lunghua cleared the field fora time, 'The fighting quieted considera yesterday afternoon ile reports could be heard along! the left flank at 4.15 p.m., though' there were no signs of an' advance against the A. general opinion prevails among the troops of Gen, Ho that their opponents are} short of ammunition. This seems not unlikely to be true from the fact of their not having carried on further with the attack.
An aeroplane flew from the aero-at Lunghua, returning after Aropping several bombs; at 5 pam.
other went out on a similar mission, tw return shortly. It is re-
General Missing Retreating soldiers bring word that there was no fighting within ty itself, but that at the n three-quarters of a milo away, verne of the sharpest encounters of the war took place. Asked where Gen. Wong Ping (the commander in Sungkiang) was the replied that they did not know. one seemed. to: know.
But a very authentic informant states that the general disguise made his way, accompanied by a very small party, across country to the railhead on the night before ported that Lungha intends to mine the river near Minghong to' prevent Kiangeu from icipating in a general offensive.
Observers now predict a Kiangsu attack along the Huangtu-Liuho front. Reserves are being sent to every possible point as well as provisions, while more than a million rounds of used machine-gun ammunition has been returned to the Arsenal for refilling and all old guns of whatever vintage are being Drought out, oiled and pressed into serviee—one seen yesterday, a French gun of 1879, earied bullet
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.