soocHow Stragglers Rounded up by Fengtien Troops: The City Gets off Lightly From Oce Own ConnesronDent, Soochow, Jan, 29, 1926, My telegram yesterday morning about summed up our local situation Beginning on Sunday night Chi's disorganized troops began to straggle into Soochow. The city gates were closed tight, sand bags were piled against them, and guards placed along the entire wall. Special guards were also placed between the Chang Men and Chi Men suburbs and the railway lation. All day on Monday and on monday night Chi's troops were pouring in. These men were fed and treated well by the Chamber of Commerce, and on Tuesday several hundreds of them were sent on by launch; thousands continuing down the line by train, Only a few stragglers were left about. the suburbs by Tuesday night and none were able to get within the city. The Fengtien troops began arriving at 11.30 on Tuesday, and since that time they have been running down 's stragglers, not only here but further down the line to Shanghai. These men are real. soldiers wit real discipline and well equipped.
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