Hsuchow, July 13.
The vanguards of the. 1st Army] Corps under General Han Fu-chu are reported to have reached the Nicinity of Mingshui, west Chowtsun on the. Kinochao-Tsinan Railway And are rapidly _advancing cowards Tsinan, Severe fighting is reported to be taking place between the Right Wing Government forces and the Shansi rebels north of]
Chowtsun.
On the Tientsin-Pukow front, the Left Wing forees are stated.to have reached Ningyang from Wen-shang and are effecting a junction with the Central Route units along' the line. The attempt of the Shansi units in the Feicheng-Tuxgpingchow area to penetrate the. Govern ment line near Ningyang on the 10th was frustrated by the vigilance of our forces. In the engagement which followed the rebels suffered a crushing defeat and were compelled to retreat to their original posts. A part of the, Left Wing forces is now engaged in the rounding up the insurgents west of the railway, north of Ningyang.
'A MUchour battle between the 10th Army under General Hsu] Yuan-chuan and the Kuominchun units under Sua Lien-chung is reported to have taken place on the 10th in the region east of Hsu-chang, when the latter launched an assault on the Government line. Tt is stated that heavy casualties were sustained by both sides; the number rebels dead and wounded is estimated at more than 1,000. A large number of rifles and machine guns together with a quantity of ammunition were seized by the Government troops, while the remnant insurgents retreated in a northerly]
Suly 14.
Urgent reports from the Shantung front state that the vanguard: of the Ist Army Corps under General Han Fu-clit have passed Changkiuhsien, west of Mingshui, and are. marching on Tsinan. Changkiuhsien is the first_important ely ens of the provnctal eapital.
In the meanwhile, the Central Route Army of the' Governmeat forces on the Tientsin-Pukow front fare making satisfactory progress northwards to assist Gegeral Han's troops in the impending siege of Tsinan. The Left Wing units have also passed Ningyang and are adverting on the rebels concentra Pelcheng, west of T Kuo Min.
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