Word: mukden
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...odds were too heavy. Several times, military observers declared, Chang could have annihilated the Wu army, but he always left a loophole for its retreat by way of the sea. Finally, Wu requested an armistice from General Feng. The war stopped. Peace negotiations proceeded. Chang was reported retiring to Mukden, his capital, but this seemed improbable. Peace at all events seemed possible...
...fighting around Shanghai took place without decisive result. Losses were heavy. A rumor persisted that many of the Peking Government's troops had gone over to the enemy. One report stated that Super-Tuchun Chang of Manchuria was advancing on Peking; the rest that he was retiring on Mukden, his capital. The only report that all were agreed upon was one describing the opening by Chang of his own private Foreign Office...
...invests in a buried bone. A peasant invests in a silver filled stocking. A fool invests in wildcat stock. But a Manchurian War Lord invests in munitions. Chang Tso-Lin, sitting at Mukden, took inventory of his assets. He decided to diversify and strengthen his holdings by new purchases. He prepared for Spring "maneuvers." So he bought a shipload of French munitions. He tried to buy a few warehouses full of Italian arms which were encumbering the vicinity of Peking, but negotiations fell through so he sent to Holland and bought a big shipment of arms that was stranded there...
Major Lynch was present at the battle of Mukden, and made his most important observations there. The battle is one of the greatest in the history of the world, and was fought from February 6, to March...
...Manchuria during the recent war, Major Lynch has made a careful inspection of the Medical Department organization in Japan; his observations at Port Arthur and with the Eighth Division of the Second Army in the field being particularly valuable and instructive. He was present at the battle of Mukden and remained in that city for two months. After several more months at the front and on the lines of communication, he returned to Japan, where he engaged in further study of the Medical Department before starting back to Washington. His report of his experiences and observations, made in considerable detail...