Tientsin, May 5.
Marshal Sun Chuan-fang and Marshal Chang Chung-chang are! reported to have decided to reorg-
Peking, May 7.
The Japanese report that General Ghiang Kai-shek is preparing to} advance northward. Foreign reports on the Changteh fight during April 28 and 20 say that for a day and night the Kuominchun attempted a desperate counter-attack in mass formation, which the Ankuoe [chun met with machine-gun fire.
When the Kuominchun were finally thrown back, they left 6,300 dead the field.
Peking now claims 50,000 men at the new Tehchow defence position.
The necessity of strengthening Ta ming ty an expedition from Paoting has prompted the removal of the Fengtien headquarters on the Kin-Han Line to Paoting major. concentration at Shihehi chuang.. The: advance line is at Shumteh, while the cavalry are operating in. a vacuum about Changteh.
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