CHINESE WARFARE
NORTHERNERS CLAIM ADVANCE. (United Service.} (By Cable—Press Assn.— Copyright.) (Received May 26,12.15 p.m.) SHANGHAI, May 25. Fighting on the Pekin —Hankow railway assumed serious proportions during the four days’ engagement. The Northerners encountered the first Kuominchun Army, winning ground at every encounter, and are now nearing Chengting. Tne capture of Suiyuan is reported, due to the Northerners withdrawal. Heilung Kiang’s cavalry is now passing through Tientsin for the purpose of dealing with raiders on the centre line between the two railways, while the reorganised Shantung armies are moving southwards from Tsangchow, through empty territories', lately abandoned by the Southerners. The general impression of the situation seems to be that the Northerners are. concentrating for a swift campaign against. Fengy Uhsiang in the hope of his complete elimination. Eight hundred Japanese troops, the vanguard of the Nagoya division, arrived at Tientsin. Three thousand more will arrive to-morrow.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 May 1928, Page 7
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