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Feng Adroit. Super-Tuchun Feng, the so-called "Christian protector of Peking," resorted to a typical Chinese strategy last week in his campaign against General Li, the Governor of Chihli Province, whom he has been besieging at Tientsin (TIME, Dec. 28. et ante...
Feng, having suffered a severe repulse by the Li forces, issued a proclamation asking for peace on terms highly advantageous to Li. While the ensuing parley was under way, the Feng troops received reinforcements, crept up upon Tientsin, overwhelmed the garrison, and forced General Li to flee to the local Japanese concession in a, motor...
...upon General Li Ching-ling, the Civil Governor of Chihle (TiME, Dec. 21), continued and showed signs of developing into a notable engagement. Because of this fracas Peking was completely cut off from railroad communication with the seacoast, since the embattled forces blew up numerous bridges on the Peking-Tientsin railway...
...only other incident of note centred about a military excursion sent by Super-Tuchun Feng, the so-called "Christian protector of Peking," against General Li Chingling, the Civil Governor of Chihli, with headquarters at Tientsin...
...Principles of Strategy. So much admired was it by the Japanese, that they had it translated into their language and placed in the hands of every officer of their army. Lieutenant Colonels Hasabo, Chief of Staff of Japanese troops in Northern China, and Furujo, Commandant of Japanese troops at Tientsin recently presented Colonel Naylor with the Japanese translation of his work and a silver cigarette case...