The Archive · 1930

War Hanging Fire

Peking, May 30.

'As the' result of the recent victory of the Northern coalition forces in the "Lunghai railway area, the Northerners are turning their attention to Shantung, on the one hand, and to the Po-Han Railway region on the other.

The situation in the Lunghai railway area after the recent encounters remains unchanged, both forces rearranging their lines a points between Yehchikuan and Kutiteh. " Te is expected that. no great change will take place in this trea for some time to come.

Nine divisions under the command of General Hsu Vu-chang have been ordered to remain on the Lunghi front but the main forces of the Kuominchon concentrated at Hsu-chang, being left under the command General Lu Chung:

In the meanwhile, five divisions of the Shansi Army are now concentrating on the northern section of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway Prepare for the offensive in this

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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