Peking, Sept, 20.
Hankow telegrams report that thei Yangtze has been mined below and above Hankow, also at Chenglingki, near Yochow, "The mines are marked by buoys and the Cantonese authorities have notified shipping.
Kiukiang, Sept. 27.
After several conferences with 'Marshal Sun Chuan-fang and other' leaders of the Allied Army, at which measures of defence and other military matters were discussed, General Teng Chu-jo left here yesterday for Nanchang on the way] to rejoin his troops who are at Oficial reports from Nanchang] state that the Red forees have been driven back boyang Changshu, which, Vessels wishing to pass through tholis more than 100 li from Nanchang, area must wait outside for and that the city is very quiet, 1 According to the latest report Where With Rae ner aal, Sin fore eve, Hankow, Sept. 29. [ers at Yuanchow and on the Hi The Southerns are not having] shui front. The people of Nanchang everything their own. way, having and Kiukiang are now feeling easier, recently met with a severe reverse Trains are now running between fat Shasi, Nanchang and Kiukiang, but busi-'Steamers arriving here-from upness, though there has been an imnumerous Jonklonds of defeated] iver this morning report passing provement, is still on a small scale.
Southerners retreating towards Han-arrive daily from the fronts and all Wounded." soldiers vcntinae the schools have been commandeered The situation at Wuchang re-|: trd are being used as hospitals, mains unchanged.
From all reports it would appear Te is stated that negotiations were that, military operations are at a twere Unable, to' agree' von Pinang jin opened up, but the ities standstill.
Three Junks, fully tended with foints, the principal being the soldiers, which were on their way amount to be paid to the defenders from the North Gate to the Sungkai after evacuation.
Creek station yesterday, sank as a Boats going up-river report that result of overloading. All the men. Marshal Sun Chuan-fang is massing Were drowned. hhis troops below Huangshihkang,!
Five thousand Kiangsu__ troops while the despatch of large numbers {arrived here toy from Nanking. of Southern troops down-river from|—Reuter. here ding the last few days indicates that the Southern line is threatened at that point.
Tt is further reported that four additional boatloads of troops re-Jeently arrived at Kiukiang from Nanking, and were immediately despatched up-river.
Everything points to a big battle in the vicinity of Huangshihkang within a few days.
It is reported from Kiukiang that! the local gendarmerie have—been forcibly disarmed by Marshal Sun's orders, since their loyalty _was doubted, and it was feared that, riven the opportunity, thay would
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