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COPY.
mclosure in Jo. 786 (3478/24) to Foreign Office of
15/12/24.
Report on Warfare between Kiangsu and Chekiang, 1924.
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The following information was given to me
by Fajor J.E.L. Hunter, formerly of the Army Flying Corps, who is at present acting as Intelligence Officer on behalf of the Shanghai Municipal Council. Kajor Hunter has been provided by the Chekiang Commanders with special facilities and has had a unique opportunity of making observations of the fighting at first hand.
2.
The moral of the troops on both sides is excellent. The Northern men especially seem absolutely fearless and treat minor wounds with great cheerfulness,
On the Chekiang side the commanders seem to have difficulty not in making their men advance but in holding them back.
2. The staff work, strategy and tactics are,
generally speaking, excellent. A considerable number of the senior members of Lu's staff have uchen staff course in the Japanese Lid Russian armies.
3.
The biggest artillery seen were 75 m.m. Krupps. Hajor Hunter believes that the Kiangsu forces have a few 5.9" Creusots, but he has not seen them.
The artillery work on both sides is very
Hardly
poor but it is improving gradually with practice. any damage has been caused by the artillery, All the firi..-- seems to be at about 4.000 to 5,000 metres. In spite of the fact that results are so poor it is evident that the men have been well trained in modern methods of warfare.
Very/