Peking, Oct. 9.
Shansi_ prisoners. taken on both fronts are reported to. have com-Pluined bitterly that Marshal Feng] Yucslang has betrayed Shans, They allege that he persuaded or bribed Shansi to go to war, promising his assistance, yet his troops have not advanced northward beyond Changte front the promised divisions, which, were toh Shensi, hai appearance: hen" loft to clave, ig beyond Shans accomplish.
'According to an' oficial comm que, the Fengtien Eleventh Divi has repulsed one regiment of cavalry} and two of infantry which were ai-tempting a flanking movement in the direction of the Western Tombs.
The communique adds that the Fengtien forces have captured the pass at Tzechingkuan, the Shansi troops fleeing and leaving a quantity} of arms and ammunition.
'The Brigadier-General in control at Tamingfu has wired denying its capture and declaring that all is} peaceful ther hundred' and fifty wounded! troops from the Suaiyuan front arrived in Peking this_morning.
General Yang Vu-ting is reported to have wired Marshal Wu Pei-fu's Chief-of-Staff inviting him to come to Peking: to discuss measures for] rushing Marshal Feng Vu-hsiang.
Later.
Five hundred prisoners from the Suaiyuan front arrived here to-day.
Heavy fighting. with fluctuating fortunes, is unofficially reported to be continuing around Suanhuafu There is no news from the Peking-Mankow Railway front—Reuter,
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