The positions which the retreating regulars have occupied are understood te have been carefully selected, ive them a distinct advantage to the one major Shiukwan head of the Yuthon Railroad, southern portion of the unfinished Hankow line, it can be clearly see: that its capture would be most €03 ly to the Canton government. Bi Shiukwan is surrounded by moun-ins, at the tops of which heavy artillery has been put in position, and any army that enters is going to have a heavy toll to pay in dead
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