Canton, Nov. 19.
Canton is at present anxiously. awaiting the result of fighting now in progress outside the eastern suburbs of the city. Many wounded are coming im, but that does not necessarily indicate a retreat, as casualties come to the winning as well as the losing side. Dr. Sun Yat-sen, however, is known to be having a hard time and his forces to the east of the city are said to be prepared to retreat northward without re-entering Canton, should they fail in checking the advance of Gen. Chen Chiung-ming's troops, who are now within 16 miles of the city. Some of the latter's scouts are very near and the sound of skirmishes between them and Dr. Sun's outposts have Been heard in the city.
Reinforcements from Hunan, Kiangsi and other places are pouring in to the city. Gen. Tan Yen-kai is reported to be. 7 back in Canton with the rem+ nants of his defeated: army, Gen. Yang M4si-min, Commander-in-Chief of the Yunnanese Army in Canton,. has been appointed' Generalissimo of the allied Yunnan-Kuangsi-Kuangtung Army. Dr. Sum's chief commanders are all in Canton planning a general offensive against Gen. Chen. There is still much doubt as to the way affairs are tending.—Reuter.
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