CHINESE WAR
HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUES
[United Press. l Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.]
(Received thin day at lO.ifib a.m.) SHANGHAI, November 17.
Half a million troops have now been locked in a deadly struggle lor more than a month in central China. The issue still remains in doubt.
Fengyuhsiang’s armies, known a.s the Kuommcliun or People’s Army have been adroitly penned up by Cliiangkaisliek in the famine area provinces of the north-west and must either fight or starve.
Chiangkaishek is being compelled t<> strain every nerve to prevent the Nanking regime from collapsing. Foreign observers report that in ordejr to conserve ammunition, the Kuomincbun is making fierce night attacks, using only swords and bayonets, charging with magnificent bravery right into toe teeth of merciless machine gun fire. Kuomincbun has progressed southwards, seizing Paochang, Chuslmn, Fangsiesen, and Fangcheng, thereby imperilling tlie Government’s hold on Siangyang, where there is an arsenal. Meanwhile there is severe fighting in Honan where a bitter contest is raging.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 November 1929, Page 5
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