Collapse of Wu Pei-fu's Attempt to Win Szechuan From Our Qwn Correspondent, Ichang, June 25.
Judging by the fact that wounded are already being sent down river all the way from Chungking to Ichang, it seems that things are going badly with Yang Sen in Szechuan. The Anning cane in two days ago with a good many wounded on board, and they are all gradually finding their way into the Mission Hospital here. There seems to be considerable freedom given to the wounded to go to whatever hospital they care, and it is evident they do not over value the treatment they receive at the military hospitals. The story told by the men who came in to-day is something as follows:
The army under Yang Sen was augmented by the 5th Nil, the Asth Division, and part of the 8th Division, and troops under General Chao. They were arranged on a long front of over 100 li, and the centre reached as near as 45 /i, from Chengtu. General Yang Sen with his army was in the centre, and at this distance suffered a bad defeat. The 5th Nil was on his left flank, and and retired on a city called Lungch'ang. Next day they advanced 60 li, and waited for General Chao, and the 18th Division to come up, and on advancing they were again defeated. The scattered armies retired to a place within 50 /i from Chungking and are there now. The wounded are very numerous, and from what. these men say the rules laid down by the Red Cross are not observed, so that few of the wounded who cannot get away by themselves are being attended to. General Yang, they say, has been wounded in the leg, and his brother has been killed.
There was a fairly bad fire here two nights ago, when about 100 families were made homeless, Lievr. C. Fisher, me, R.G.4., has been granted leave of absence from Hongkong for the purpose of proceeding to the United Kingdom. Lieut. Fisher is well-known in Volunteer circles Shanghai, having been
Fowler when he inspected the seg 19 General Sir John S.V.C. in 1922.
Tr is interesting to note that a Chinese chapter of an American: scholastic society, the Phi Tau Phi, has been organized, three students of St. John's University, Messrs. Sung Zui-toong, Doo Sing-lih and Tsong Nyoh-ling, being the first to be admitted ini ina.
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