COMMUNIST DEFEAT
CHINESE GOVERNMENT CLAIM Rec. 11 p.m. NANKING, Dec. 9. Communists, after a crushing defeav in the Tapieh mountain regions, are reported to be fleeing in disorder, according to Government despatches from Kiukiang. When Communists attempted to cross the Peiping-Han-kow railway near Liulin, Government, forces; .fell on them from all sides. Government forces claim to have inflicted heavy losses and encircled the remainder. „ . , . _ Meanwhile, from Tsmgtai, Government despatches states that 30,000 Communists launched a large-scale attack on Laiyang, a key defence town 70 miles south-east of Tsingtao. Bitter fighting is progressing. Should the Communists attempt to attack Tsingtao, where the United States Western Pacific Fleet is based. United States marines may be forced to evacuate.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26640, 10 December 1947, Page 5
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