Taku, Shansi, April 26, Owing to interrupted communications and. uncertain mails it hae not seemed expedient to attempt to report the recent movements of the Shensi army as they have taken place. "Now that communications Fave been in a measure. restored Twill undertake a summary of the last two months! events. two months ago the Shansi army under General Shang moved out to Shihehinehuang, at the eastern terminus of the Cheng-Tai Rail. way. From there it advanced both north sand south. along the Kin-Han line. South it moved ay far as Shuntehfu, the detachments of the mine hun that held that territory. These movements were executed about the middle of March—and involved some fighting, none of very serious, Northward General Shang moved his troops as far as Paotingfu, which he later evacuated in favour' of a detachment of the Allied Army coming up from Honan. This movement. to the north of Shihehiachuang was delayed to some extent by the destruction of the bridge on the railway at Sin-Johsien, Which was destroyed the retreating Third -Kuominchun, Repairs to the bridge required about 20 days, Tu the meantime the detachments of the. provincial "army onthe southern border of Shansi had moved over into Honan and were helping to clean up the remnants of the defeated Second Kuominchun there, notably about Shenchow, General Lin Chen-hua made a visit to Taiyuanfu toward the end March and this may' have had something to do with the operations the south. "About the middle of April strong movements of troops began in the direction of "'Tatungta the north of the province. This has been going on right up to the present.' "The army in that area 14 under. the command of General Chang P'eismei, who was the leading figure in the operations alan: the eastern border of Shans in the autumn of 1924. This army reported to have attacked the First Kuominchun near Tienchen: hsien, which is not far from) Ta-tungpu,
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