According to the "Peking Gazette," the Government has decided to define three zones, each comprising certain localities of the southwestern order that vigilant m the spread of rebellion may be properly taken, The first is the fighting zone, which will comprise a number of important cities on the southwestern borders of Szechuan, Kueichow and Kuangsi. The second known as the preparatory fighting zone, which is to include the capital cities of Szechuan, Kuei chow and Kuangsi; and such _impartan' cities as Chungking, Nanning and Kueilin will be assigned to this zone. The third zone is to be called the "precautionary zone" and it will extend to Kuangtung and Hunan in the south and east and as far as Shensi in the north.
Meanwhile, according to vernal cular papers, the combined troops of Kuangsi and Kuangtung, are pressing on the borders of Yunnan and they have received orders from the Central Government to cross the frontier and engage the insurgents. The vanguards of the combined troops consist of seven yings of Kuangsi infantry under the command of Shen Vu-kuang and three yings of infantry and one ying of artillery of the Kuangtung army under the command of Wang Ching-ho. Five yings of infantry and one ying of artillery of the Kuangsi army and seven yings of infantry and one ying of artillery under the command of General Lung Chi-kuang, military commissioner of Kuantung, form the rearguard of the combined troops.
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