Meeting with practically resistance, Genexgl Chi Bungo chang's troops, hich are' the advance guans of the Kuomin: chun, have reached Loyang. On their' way to Loyang, General Chi's troops' only difficulty was with the troops of General Li Moon at Li Reports reaching here state that severe fighting is now in progress between the troops of General Tang Song-chi and those of Yang Chi while fighting seems to minent along the Tientsin-Pukow, Railway.—Rengo.
Government Report of Advance Hankow, Deo, 20, A despatch from Chengchow ree ports the arrival there yesterday of the division "under General Sun Tung-hsuan of the 3rd Route Army commanded by General Han Tue chu, Another division under General Tsao Fuclin is on its way there from Kaifeng.
The rebel units under Geneval Tang Song-chi ave reported to concentrated in Hsuchang, busily, engaged in constructing defence attack by the Sth Route Army unde General Ho Chen-chun is advancing from two separate routes, with the vanguards of the left wing already, arriving at Kunghsien along the Lung-Hai Railway. The tight Wing forces have passed Yucheng and are heading for Hsuchang.
In southern Honan, the 9th and 13th Divisions of the 2nd Routg Army are advancing rapidly north wards with a view to closing int upon Hsuchang simultaneously with the Sth Route Army—Kuo Min, Nanking's Defence on TP.R. Nanking, Dec. 21. 7 According to travellers from the Tientsin-Pukow Railway front, who reached Nanking to-day, the Govern" ment's main lines of defence are little north of Chuchow, about three: hours. by train from Pukows About tio regiments: belonging, 44
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