I have lately been at a place on the borders of Szechtan and Hupeh and it was one of the chief routes for the retreating troops. I shall never forget it, every day their marching in and away for over a week. Every house and' hut and plain and mountain seemed a moving picture of soldiers fleeing for their lives. We never knew if fighting would not begin there and these men get overtaken. But according to the valour of China the last army marched out the day the Szechuan troops-marched in. 'They had spies on the' street to let them know when the way was clear!
Reports say that numbers of the Southern troops have got back to a few miles from Tongkuapao which is also on the Hupeh and Szechuan border.
I hope they won't get back. 1 am sure we have suffered too much from them and won't to see them again. The. Szechuan troops have gone to fight them but have not yet had any decisive victory according to report.
Other reports say they have no way out and even the people in Shinan are setting on the soldiers and killing them. So things are nove too peaceful in the Flowery Land still.
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