Meanwhile, all communication between Hupeh and Honan is cut} off for the present. No trains from the north can come down to Hankow, HbeBause the great Yellow River bridge has been blown up. For the ast two days, no train from Hankow has been able to proceed north further than Hsinkangchow. Today, no telegrams from Peking or Tientsin have come through. It is said that 3,000 leaderless soldiers. from Honan are on their way southward. But the Hupeh 4th Mixed Brigade, which was stationed in the Huangchow district, has been hurried up to Wusengkuan to protect the border, and it likely the others will get throug!
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