Word: wu
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...principal offensive in progress during the week was that of the Cantonese armies against Super-Tuchun Wu Pei-fu. As the Cantonese deployed for battle along the Yangtze River near Wu chang, five simultaneous despatches reported that Super-Tuchun Wu was: 1) dead; 2) wounded; 3) in retreat; 4) victorious; 5) entrenched and standing pat on the Yangtze...
...concurrent despatches stated that Chinese troops (of what faction not stated) had fired upon: 1) the U. S. destroyer Elvano, which continued to steam up the Yangtze without returning the Chinese fire; 2) the U. S. hospital at Wu chang, which was reported riddled by 20 shells. No confirmation followed and no list of dead or wounded was transmitted...
...south, the Bolshevist Cantonese Government launched a vigorous offensive against Hunan Province, a chief basic ally of Wu. He, co-victorious with Chang in the north, hastened 1,000 miles southward to defend what may loosely be called his "rear guard...
...Wu (under whom Sun fought as a general only last year) and Chang have momentarily the upper hand in China. But what will happen in a year, a month, a week? Can Chang and Wu resist the great encircling movement financed by Soviet Russia, the teeth of which are Feng's armies in the north and the Cantonese Bolsheviks in the south...
Russia is playing both ends against the middle-and Sun is "bystanding" in the middle. He can strengthen the midriff of Chang and Wu or deliver there something like a solar plexus punch. During the week he listened, seemingly impassive, to bids and bribes from all quarters...