1 was impressed, and rat prised, too, at the absolute shown' by' the Chinese infantry in the part they had to play, When first ordered forward those in front van to the bridge head and immediately bogan swarming over the boams and frame work, at the same time carrying up planks with which to bridge gaps and make better crossing for those behind, and those who had made the crossing. immediately took up positions with sich cover as they could find and Logan firing. Almost immediately the congestion at the—bride stopped any further' running. The troops behind walked up and, when the space behind the embankment became crowded, many of them climbed to the top and walked forward entirely exposed but apparently with no regal whatever, for the flying bullets. On the other hand, the sight of these troops advancing, "regardless," seemed to take the lust of the "ginger" out of the defenders: Their fire rapidly failed away and soon fizzled out altogether. Through the glasses we could see ten breaking cover ari yunning to the rear fron all sides: seme of them without guns, white the northern machine guns peppered them from behind, Some few broke into the open beside the railway in the near foreground, and most them stayed there, but for up the me they could be seen swarming along the railway track and the foran spaces on each side where the seeing was better than in the field and Ube retreat of the "Nationalists ne s rout. Some of the North mn soldiers started along the rail way track in pursuit, but were soon called back Bnd formed into squads: which more systematically advanced, into the reaver villages, and, as scon as it was possible, units were reformed and were marched. off along the railway line on the advance to Hsachow. The victory hud been complete and, while it was} impossible to form any accurate estimate, I should judge that the total casualties ip the neighbourhood fof the bridge had not exceeded 200: The open space along the railway directly in front of the bridge was dotted here and there with enemy dead and the kaoliang fields on hoti: sides must have been full of them.
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