A BLOODLESS VICTORY.
NORTHERNS SCUTTLED LIKE RATS. Ieceiv6d Thursday, 11 p.m, SHANGHAI, March 24. Great surprise is apparent at the bloodlessness of the Southern victory at Nanking seeing that Northern troops have bfon pouring in for weeks. It is estimated that they totalled . one liundred thousand. Yesterday there began a big exodus across the river. The only explanation is that the surrender of the city is the result of an arrangement between Chiang-Kaishek and l Chang-tsung-changj? iiThe departure j is4 described as most hurried and disorderly. The mob commandeered 1 all available craft (fol* the flight. ! The Northerns occupation of the ' city has been accompanied by much looting and brutality. The Northern retre.at from Chekiang was similarly hurried. The Southerners occupied the town this morning
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North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17167, 25 March 1927, Page 5
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125A BLOODLESS VICTORY. North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17167, 25 March 1927, Page 5
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