Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-06

themselves, and shortly before noon Sunday an engine pulling a box car came down the tT ck. and Gen. Gnu him self got off and ca1ne in to give himself up, announcing that his troops had stock ed their arms and equipment on the rail- way platform at Chochu and had sur rendered. About the middle of the aft ernoon Gen. Wu gave the command to advance, and taking Gen Gnu and his officers along as a surity against treach- cry, we went forward on the special Itrain to receive the surrender. The An l flu troops were not kept prisoners, but after giving up their arms. were given 1 transportation and sent home.
 ] We found the platform at Chochou piled high with equipment even as Gen. | Gnu had said This was turned over 1 to the Chihi troops and they were allowed to help themselves. The chihli troops had been purposely kept poorly equipped ! by the Anfu government in Picking, while
 their own frontier defence troops had
 been given everything Japanese money
 could buy and it was a sight to see those poor fellows load themselves down. Most of them had no blankets, no mess Kits no entrenching tools. and only cloth shoes. while now each had two blankets two mess kits. leather shoes and all the entrenching tools he could carry. A large supply of ammunition and lot ot rifles and number of big guns were
 also taken and sent back lo the arsena at Paotingfu.
 Battalion Surrenders
 After receiving the surrender of thu front line of Anfu troops Gen. >Wu started to get in touch again with his Hanks
 which according to schedule should nov
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 the reserve Anfu troops had fled on north
 he took no precautions about sending cav
 airy aread of his train, but taking onl.
 his small body guard on board. started up the railroad to Liu Ii Ho As w approached the station just at dusk. sud
 denly from the village near the track o , the right whole battalion of Anfr l troops dashed out. Immediately tn } train came to a stop and Wu's bod , guard piled off and rushed out to mee
 them. Gen. Wu called to them to hol
 their fire and just as the two bodie } came together and it looked as if ther would be a big fight the Anfu troops a,
 dropped on their knees and held thei guns up over their heads in token c !. , surrender. On inquiry it was found tha they had been left behind after the pani
 the night before and had suck to thei post though without food for over
 hours. Hearing this, Gen. Wu ordere
 lot of boxes of hard tack rolled o
 the train and broken open, and after the had given up their arms they were a
 fed Then calling them around him in
 circle. Gen. Wu made them a speeci tering them clearly just what the issue
 of the war were. He said he knew the had not understood but had been decai, , ei by their officers and so to give thei a chance to show that they were raall
 ratr;otic. he would return their arms :
 them. give them one of his own mo: trusted staff officers as commander an } enroll them in his own army. And seN 7 aral days later when we finally left tf l "rr9y they were contentedly guardin e the Liu Ii Ho bridge as loyal as an s trt-a ops in the Chihli army.
 : It was now fully dark, so we went c s to the station. finding 1t entirely deser e ed, everything showing clearly the abs y lute panic in which the Anfu troops 1a l left the night before. There the al r vanced Chihli troops joined IS about mi t night, having been delayed bs the rains s Last of the Anfu Army
 s I found out later from the Standai