The message added that all the heavy guns had been safely withdrawn with the troops, and that the Chinese suffered only 1,090 casualties in their withdrawal, It is understand that the point at which the Chinese made their way through the Japanese "net" was directly south of Hsuchow.
The receipt of this news. has come as a great relief here, Acute anxiety had been felt for the past two days concerning the safety of General Li Tsung-jen's troops since no direct news had been received from him since the Japanese occupation of Hsuchow,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.