Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-04
ARTILLERY DUELS
OVER WIDE FRONT
IN CHINESE BATTLE
Chang Tso Lin Heavily Re-
Enforces His Troops
Near Machang.
INTENSE FIGHTING IN
THIS SECTION EXPECTED
Report 10000 Manchurian
Soldiers Have Landed
in Shan,ung.
FLAMES noMB CHANGsiNTIEN
Trains of CnmcIs Seen Carrying
Munitions Acro.s the
River.
INTENSE FIGHTING IN
THIS SECTION EXPECTED
FLAMES noMB cnANGsINrrEN
Trains OF Cnmcls Seen Carrying
Munitions Acrors the
River.
tBy Associated Press ]


PEKING. May 3.-General WI Pei
Flu. commander OF the Chill forces
was reported this evening to have
arrived near Hachaas. on the raj.
road south OF Ticntsin. to take per
sonal command OF the operations
ngainDt tho troops OF Chang Tso LIN
on that section of the battlefront.
Late reports are to the effect that
Shang Tso Lin Is heavily rc-cnforc-
Ing his troops In that region with men
OF all arms. and the indications are
that Machang soon wiz he the center
of Intense iighting. Artillery duels
already have commenced over wide
front General WI, IL he actually
takes command there. rill have fac
, ing him the 25-ycar-old son OF Chang
Tso Lin
Ammunition Depleted.
Foreign military observers will!
the Chill forces report that Wu Pei
Fu recently has been directing the
operations At Cha ngsintien, in an en-
de7ror to get Sood results out o:
General Tsao Kun.s poor troops,
PENDING the arrival OF General Fens
ui Siang's forces, which began to
reach Paotinsfu. on tho railway
south OF Peking. Tuesday. The re-
ports are to the effect that WI Pei
Fu's own troops have not partici.
pated in the ngh;inS at Changsintien.
The heavy bombardmcnt that has
been In progress at various. points
has depleted the stores o. big-gun
ammunition. and tho fighting is now
mainly with machine guns and rifles.
al some places there has been n lull
ia Tie battle.
Tn the middle Of the front tho
troops Of Chang Tso Lin have re.
captured Kuan. Wounded men from
that region say the hghting was
heavy during the past few days, Of
ten at close quarters. The tide of
battle was continually changing un-
I'll the arrival of Chang's re-enforce-
ments turned the scales.
Town Is bombed.
A dispatch received here from
Ticntsin says endorsements for
Chang's army near Machang de-
trained midway between Peking and
Machang and marched southwark
tOWdT1 the run RIVER, "nere nEntlnB
took place on the western bank Of
the stream. The Cabinet here an
nounces that IL has received a meg
cage from the Governor OF ShsntunG
saying that 10000 Manchurian SOL
diers had landed In Shantung. hav-
Ing been transported from Manchuria
by sea. Admiral Joseph Straus. COM
mander OF the American Asiastic
Fleet, accompanied by the naval at
taches. visited the front in the foot
hills west Of PekinG today. The ar
tillery fire was observable n few
miles to the southwark. Columns Of
smoke we're rising from the town
of Changsintien. in consequence OF
an airplane bombardment there .h!s
morning.
Trains Of camels were seen carry
ing munitions across tho river. Evil
dence observed OF the five days OF
lighting were the carrying of the
field Of wounded and the burying of
the dead. The observers noted the
carcases Of camels. with cannon
strapped to their sides, having been
killed while conveying the guns to
the front