Hankow, June. 7.
In regard to the situation Changsha following the occupation by the Kuangsi troops, a traveller returning here to-day observed:
"All is quiet in Changsha the occupation, Shops are usual and there seems. to have semblance of disturbance. though the exact number of the Kuangsi troops cannot be known, the number of troops who entered the walled city by the time 1 left there can be put at something lice 20,000, while those troops sta tioned outs 30,000."—Rengo, Reports. received last might by Military Headquarters here state that the Kuangsi invaders repeatedly tried to cross the Siang river south of Hengchow, in southern Hunan, but were beaten off by the provincial forces under the personal direction of General Ho Chien, Chairman of the Hunan Provincial Government. The left wing of the invaders were met by the Government forces across the river and wore routed by the artillery. of the Hunan Provincial Unite.
Two more gunboats are expected to arrive here from Hankow proceed further up the Siang River for patrol duty and to ce-operate]
the land torves in preventing! the invaders who are heading for
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