Poking, Mar, 11.
Further details abet the oceupation of Swatow by the Canton. forces are given in foreign telegrams received in Peking to-day.
appears that General Hung. [Chao-lin, who commanded the left wing. of General Chen Chiung-ming's army and hed under bim some 6,000 troops, was defeated jo Cantonese force of about 9,000 jand Haifung was captured on Feb-roars 27. General Lin Fu, who Jconimanded the left wing of the [Swatow forces, seems to have entertained some idea of initiating a jeounter attack upon the Cantonese rear, but to have delayed action jantu it was too late and a general retreat towards Swatow had began.
'Chaochowfu' was captured by the Cantonese early on the morning of March 7 and that afternoon they entered =Swatow itself, Most jof General Chen's troops got away either by land or by' sea and they are said now to organizing under General Lin Fu for an attack upon the invaders. The foreign hotels at Swatow are aid 1 be crowded with refugee Delayed foreign telegrams receiv-from Swatow yesterday report-fed that Swatow was occupied wi cut other fighting than a few shots. ata departing troopship. They false mentioned that the local stud-fents were already beginning an anti-Christian agitation and were circulating Bolshevist propaganda of the usual type—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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