Evacuation of Chungking: River Trade at Standstill: Attacks on Steamers Hankow, Aug. 11.
A despatch that has reached the Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Upper Yangtze states that a fierce battle has lately been fought between the 2nd Army and the 3rd Army of Szechuan, as the result of which General Yang Sen, Commander of the {nd Army, was killed and the 3rd Army captured Chungking on August 7, and that General Lin Cheng-hsun has assumed the post of Commander-in-Chief and General Tang Mo-hsin that of Civil Governor of Szechuan,—Eastern News Agency.
Hankow, Aug. 13.
Owing to the state of affairs in Szechuan, General Liu Hsiang, Commander-in-Chief of the province, has more than once asked General Wu Pei-fu and General Hsiao Yao-nan to despatch reinforcements there. General Wu Pei-fu has now decided to despatch to Szechuan the 2nd Chihli Division and five mixed brigades, appointing General Sun Chuan-fang as Commander-ini-Chief and General Chin-shan as Second-in-Comand of the troops above mentioned.—Eastern News Agency.
Peking, Aug. 16.
Foreign official telegrams from Ichang report that the Ist and 3rd Szechuan armies operating from Chengtu have occupied Wanfsien and Chungking.
An attack was first made on Wanhsien. When that city fell Chungking was evacuated. The defergce of Wanhsien was weak and the casualties were not heavy.
The 2nd Army is reported to be retreating down river, while stragglers are firing heavily on steamers, including one Japanese. Mr. Choten Unyo, the chief engineer of the latter, was wounded by a rifle bullet Trade between Ichang and Chungking is completely at a standstill. The telegraphs have been interrupted since August 10.
According to other reports, Gem Wu Pei-fu is now on friendly terms with Gen. Liu Hsiang, the Commander-in-Chief of Szechuan, and is arranging to send a force from Ichang to cut off the retreating insurgents.—Reuter. and 10 others were committed for trial. The sentences are as folly ows Nakano Arimitsu, formerly Chief of the Civil Administration Office at Dairen, 16 months imprisonment Kabata Teijiro, head of the Examination Bureau, Dairen, one year; Kajii Sei, head of the Finance Bureau, Dairen, one year; and Koga Renzo, former Director of Colonial Affairs, Tokio, six months.—Reuter.
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