The Archive · 1928

The Retreat Into Manchuria

Allied Armies in North Chibli Falling Back

Mukden, June 20.

A part of the main force of the rd and 4th Allied Armies which are! concentrated in the vicinity of Luan. chow have already commenced to fall back east of Svichung and the army under Marshal Sun Chuanfang is also moving towards Hsin-lit un and Heishan.

Forces under Marshal Chang Chung-chang stationed in the vicinity of Tangshan are preparing to fall back and concentrate at Shanhai kuan, a3 soon as the 3rd and the 4th Allied armies have effected their retreat.

The Kirin troops the are at present at Shanhaikuan have received orders to return to Kirin and it is expected that they will return home in ten days.—Toho.

Tar Nationalist authorities have renamed the Peking-Mukden and Peking-Hankow Railways to Ping-Feng (Peiping-Mukden) and Ping-'Han.(Peiping-Hankow),

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