Communique has been issued by the Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chlet of the Nationalist Nanking, May 11, 1928, On the 5th instant before General Chiang Kai-shek, the Commander-in-Chief of the Nationalist forces, left Tsinan for the front, all the Nationalist forees in the city and its neighbourhood were ordered to ross the Yellow River in order to continue the Northern expedition, with the exception of one regiment which was left in Tsinan city for the purpose of maintaining order.
On the 8th instant after the! Japanese forces started their bombardment, General Chiang. ordered this regiment, too, to leave Tsinan. Lest the rank and file might not] have fully understood the Commander-in-Chief's wishes, the following order was issued:—
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