Feb. 6.
Gen, Wa Te-chen, Chief of the} Canton Police, interviewed to-day, confirmed the report of the capture} by Dr. Sun Yat-sen's troops of Sheklung on February 4, and of Tungkoon yesterday, in a renewed East River offensive against Gen, Chen Chiung-ming.
The Cantonese troops under Gen. Hsu Sung-chi bore the brunt of the battle being on the right wing, the Kuangsi and Yunnanese troops forming the centre and left wings. All these troops were under the command of Gen. Yang. Hsi-min, Commander-in-Chie? of the Yun nanese, Gen, Wu Te-chen declared that the Canton-Kowloon Railway. would ye clear of the enemy within a few days, He denied the rumour that he "Yunnanese were disaffected.
reported that Gen. Chen Chiung-ming is raising money Hongkong by the wale of bonds through "Mr. Chan Lim-pak, the] the Merchant Volunteers—Reuter's Pacific Service, Chen jung-ming's Retreat Poking, Feb. 8.
Foreign official telegrams received here from Canton confirm the capture of Sheklung by Cantonese troops. General Chen Chiung-ming's. forces are retreating to Waichow, Up to Suturday last, however, decisive action had been fought. These telegrams assert that the Cantonese forces are assisted by an armoured train, consisting of locomotive and two cars manned by Soviet Reuter's Pacific Service.
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