New Britain herald., 1924-09-06
Successful Counter At- tack Drives Back Foes of Southern Government to Rail- way Line, A Distance of Six Miles.
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Ky The Associated Press.

Shanghai. Sept. e.-The invading northern forces of Chi shief-Yuan were repulsed on two fronts--at Hwantu, Is miles west of here, and at Liuho, 30 miles northwest of here after an all-night battle with the Lu Yung-Hsiang forces defending Shanghai, according to announce ment this morning from Cheklang Headquarters.
 After repulsing the attacking northern forces at Hwangtu, Gen. eral Chang Tse-Ping, leading the de- lending forces in the Hwangtu sec tor, led successful counter-attack, forcing the opposition troops back to withing two miles of Anting. a town 20 miles west of here, on the line of the Shanghai-N -Nanking rail- way.
 In the Hwangtu section the de- lending forces claimed an advance of six miles was made along the railway lines, besides the capture of two companies of the Kiangsu sixth division and four high officers.
 Hand-to-hand fighting character ized the night battle which was car- ried on in the Liuho streets and re- suited in driving out the northern troops. according to a communique issued by the victorious Chekiang army. The Chekiang announcement added that no opposition troops Were seen today between Liuho and Katinghsien, the latter point being nearer to Shanghai.
 A bridge on the -Hago- how railway line. near the Lungwha arsenal, Chekiang headquarters, was blown up mysteriously during the night, cutting off communication through the line on which supplies are sent up to the fronts held by the defensive forces. Railroad crews were working feverishly today to restore the destroyed bridge.
 Lu Yung- -Hsiang announced today that as a result ot disturbances among coole laborers due to con- scription, Russiak refugees now in Shanghai district will be given work.
 The Chekiang military governor said hundreds of Russians were seeking to enlist, but this request was refused and they will be, used as laborers only.
 There was some conjecture in the . best informed military circles as to where the main battle on the pres ent front is to be fought. The active ines now extend from Woosung on the north to Hwangtu on the east, with reports from the Lungwha ar senal, headquarters of the defending General Lu Young -Hsiang that troops had been dispatched to rein force the army in the field there against a contemplated swing south- ward. The success of any such move by the invading force would menace the Sunkiang- -Tangchow railway now controlled by General Lu Young Hsiang.
 NO fleM hospieuAS
 Those wounded in battle must be transported to Shanghai, there being no field hospitals at the front. Tho Chinese Red Cross units were re- ported as having retired from the field. A number of wounded arrived here yesterday.
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 Field forces of rival Chinese mili- tary governors fighting for posses sion of Shanghai resorted to trench warfare in the general engagement which continued at the little town of Liuho.
 On account of its proximity to Woosung, outer anchorage for shanghai and pivotal point in the campaign, the fighting was carried on with increasing intensity this afternoon, according to an eye wit ness message from the front re- ceived here at 2:30 o'clock. Ar tillery was being fired with greater frequency and the number of cas- ualties were increasing.
 In the morning attack the kiang- su invading forces gained half mile. The battle was carried on without naval cooperation which may become factor in the fighting along the Shanghai harbor and riv- erfront at any time.
 No Looting.
 Liuho, normally a town of 5000 residents, located 30 miles north west of Shanghai, was a place of tenantless shops. stores and homes today. A remarkable phase of the situation, according to those familiar with Chinese warfare, was that the contents of the abandoned places remained undisturbed although the district is filled with soldiers.