DEFEAT OF COMMUNISTS IN CHINA
v Received Tues^'iir, 1 ha p.w. . /' •: NANKJNCb Dec. 9. flie Comiuu'ttists, after their crushing defeat in the Tapieh mountaiii regious. are reported'to he fleeing in disorder, according to Goverumeiit dispatcheb from Kiukiang. Wlien the Conimuuists attempted to cross the Peiping-Hankow railway near Liulin, Government forces fcll on thetn from all sides. Tlie Government forces claim to have inflict'ed heavy losses and encircled the remainder. Meanwhile, from Tsiiigtai, Government dispatclies state that ,'30,000 Communists launehed a large scale attacK on Laiyang, a key defence town 7U miles southeast of Tsingtao. Bitter tighting is progressing. Should tne Couununists attempt to attack Tsingtao where the United States Western Pacific fleet is based, United States marincs may be forced to evaeuate.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 December 1947, Page 3
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