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General Chen 11, vovernor of Szechuan, developed an attack on Suifu, which was at one moment thought to be on the verge of reda, ture, but the attack failed and the Government troops had to be withdrawn to Azulinohing; this is said by the Chengta Authorities to have been due to t'e suspicious behaviour of General wa usiang-chon's brigado, the same which evacuated Buifu without serious resistance at the bevinning of the osmpaign. veneral u com .ands 3000 men, and his defection, which | now a pearˇ probable, wonld be a serious blow to the loyalista.
As far as can at present be ascertained Luchow has not yet been cccupied by the Yunnanese, though fighting has been going on within a few miles of the city. uvar 11,000 men of the Northern Expeditionary Force have now passed through Chunking, and a me bare already reached inchow, no that if there troopa and their leaders are loyal that important city should now, like Chunking, be adequately defended.
A Kneichou force has made an incursion into Huaan and
raided the important city of Yuanchou in the east of that province. The rebħls doubtles. Hope to ensure the adhesion of Hunan to their cans by the same meane by which they wn over Kusichon. The authoritise at Changaha are hurrying troops in that direction, bus they are reported by H.Lle Consul to be
uneasy.
▲ Chinse official telstrem from Peking on the 6th instant states that General lungjingkwang entered Yunnan from Kwances and attacked Poyal or the lat arch and eaṛtured Yuhoe forts, and on the 2nd cooupied the hills at the rear finally
oa, turing Joyai in the afternoon of the same day. This is th
strategic point of ficat importance on the Yunnanfrontier
The úovernment troop. completely coon, led the surrounding hills
and retook Enifu on the 3rd March. ▲ report from unen states
that