During the whole month August there has'been a feverish rush of troops in this section. The hasty escape of Chen Chia-yiu was "Hung, a native of Kueiyangchow, business almost to a standstill, for but who is also a follower of tha south, who came demanding road money for his braves, roughly estimated at a few hundred. Then followed Gen. Lisle Kuo-kuan's men from Hengchow and later Gen, Chao Hong-li's soldiers from Changsha.
~The defeated soldiers of Kuangtung retired to, places in Hunan and a short engagement took place on the border, near Ichang. The Hunan braves were only a few and were driven. back nearly 15 miles, but the Canton soldiers did not follow and were afterwards compelled to leave Hunan after the arrival of reinforcements. It is reported that most of the soldiers retreating towards Nucheng in Hunan were surrounded and their arms taken away, but there ave thousands still with arms prowling through the country without leaders of any kind.
Chen -Chia-i" has gathered together some of his defeated army and has gone to Yungehow and supposed to be joining up with others in the west, where there is a rumour of declaring the independence of Changsha. Li Liehchun, the leader of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's force in Kiangsiggwas in our city as a guest for several days and friends gave him some parting gifts. He has gone to Changsha at the invitation of Chao Hong-ti, so it is reported, and is to join up with his leaders in Shanghai. He is suffering from hemorrhage of the lungs and hopes to rest. from his fruitless labours of the past years. He lost everything he had.
The Kuangtung armies were severely defeated in their efforts to gain the day over Gen. Chen. It is reported that at first Gen. Chen was at the point of being surrounded, at Shaokuan and Ying-teh, but reinforcements came in the nick of time and turned. his defeat into an overwhelming victory that simply sent the opposing force headlong. It is also reported that Jack of ammunition on the part of these armies was the chief cause of their defeat. Dr. Sun Yat-sen recently reported the bad deeds of Gen. Chen's soldiers in the south, and, though I do not cara to make comparisons, it would be well for him to investigate the actions of his own armies. It is beyond one's powers to sce how the people are able to stand the demands that are made upon them by these outrageous orders. Sse
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