THE WAR.
Feng Yu-hsiang at Hsuchowfu.
TROOP MOVEMENTS.
Nanking, July 26.
According to latest reports, the Northerners have been driven from Hsuchow by General Feng Yu-hsiang.-Naval Wireless.
TROOP MOVEMENTS.
The Concession at Chinkiang Occupied.
NORTHERN ADVANCE.
Chinkiang, July 26. According to reports received here, the Northern troops have pushed on as far as Tsing Kiang Pu, and with the exception of the Commissioner's house troops have taken up their quarters in Cus- toms' property.
General Ho Ying-ching, en route from Nanking to Shanghai, has passed through, and a report has
been received to the effect that General Wang Peh-sing will reach here to-day.
Men of the 58th. regiment, controlled directly by General Ho Ying-ching, are in occupation of the concession, and the ninth transport has now arrived in har- bour.
Later.
There is a big concentration of troops here, who have occupied all buildings at both the conces- sion and the Consulate. Efforts are being made to communicate with the responsible authorities. Naval Wireless.
Shanghai, July 27.
General Feng Yu-hsiang has telegraphed to Nanking that two brigades of his army are marching on Hsuchow to help the Nanking Army in the war with Shantung. An important delegation from Feng Yu-hsiang arrived at Nan- king yesterday to confer the mili- tary party on the Shantung mili- tary campaign.-Wah Kiu Yat Po..
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CANTON'S WAR.
Chiang Kai-shek Appoints Eight Field Marshals.
YUNNANESE FOR KIANGSI.
Canton, July 27. General Fan Shek-sang, who was recently sent up to the North River with part of his Yunnanese army, returned to Canton yester- day afternoon to report to General Li Chai-sum the completion of the North River defence.
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Cheng-hsum (commands chuen in Chungking vicinity) is Field Marshal of the Sixth Force, General Chau Shi-cheng, com- mands the armies in Kwaichow province, who now threatens to attack Hunan from the west) com- mands the Seventh force, and General Li Chai-sum, who com- mands the Liangkwang armies, is therefore the Field Marshal of the Eighth Force.
It is understood however that the precedence of these Field- Marshals is not arranged accord- ing to strength or reputation but by territories.-A Correspondent.
YUNNAN FIGHTING.
Control.
General Fan's troops, who re- cently arrived from Kwangsi and have been sent up to the North river to join the anti-Red expedi- tion, are now being concentrated in Shiukwan and vicinity.
According to military circles, General Hu Not Yet in Full instead of sending them into Hunan as was planned, General Fan's army will be assigned to the Kiangsi expedition. The rea- son for this is that most of the. "Reds" in Kiangsi are Yunnanese troops under General Chu Pei-teh and may be won over.
Field Marshals.
The anti-Red expedition against Hunan and Kiangsi is taking form,
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MARCH ON THE CAPITAL.
Paris, July 26.
A message from Yunnanfu states that General Hu Jo-yu is continu- ing his march on Yunnanfu.
The rival forces have given an assurance to the French Consul that there will not be any fighting in the city.
General Li Chai-sum, the taken to assure the safety of the All steps necessary have been South China military leader has French residents and Annamite. been appointed by Nanking as coolies-Reuter. Field-marshal of the Eighth Na- tionalist Expeditionary force, and is entrusted with the task of at- tacking the Reds from the South.
Recently Marshal Chiang Kai- shek, to facilitate the direction of the Nationalist expeditionary for- ces in different parts of the coun- Mar- try, appointed eight Field shals.
General Ho Ying-ching is Field Marshal of the First Expedition- ary Force, Marshal Chiang Kai- shek (with Pei Chung-hsi acting) commands the Second Force, Gen- eral Li Chung-yan (who com- mands the Nationalist Kwangsi contingent) is Field Marshal of the Third Force, General Feng Yu-hsiang, commands the Fourth, General Lui Hsiang (who com- mands a large Szechuenese army- in Chengtu) is Field-marshal of the Fifth Force, General Lui
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