The Archive · 1928

lotien Stands Steady

Peking, May 7.

According to reports from the front, ax General Fenye Vu-hsiang troops are not making a hot pur suit of Fengtien troops at present the first line at Shunteh is held by Fengtien troops, and their main force is concentrated in the vicinity of Shihchiachwang.—But General Chu Vu-pu's troops, which were stationed in the region of Tamingfu, have fallen back to Linching, In the region of the Peking Suiyuan Railway, some 20 divisions of Fengtien troops are concentrated in the district between Hsinhuaywan and Huailai. General Chi Chine shun, entrusting General Cheng To-sheng with future affairs, has turned to Kalgan from ' Suiywan. But there are at present no sig of the Fengtien troops, stationed in the northern part of Shansi, treating, In the region of the Tientsine Pukow Railway, the Northern forces are making preparations at Tehchow and the northern bank of the Yellow River south of that city to check the advance of Southern troops. Southern forees, crossing the Yellow River, are advancing northwards against these Fengtien

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