BRITISH TROOPS IN CHINA
GRADUAL REDUCTION MORE UNITS WITHDRAWN By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 9.5 a.m. SHANGHAI, Wed. It is officially announced that in pursuance of the policy of gradually reducing the British forces stationed at Shanghai, the following units will be withdrawn during the coming trooping season: First Field Brigade, Royal Artillery Headquarters, Thirteenth Infantry Brigade, First Battalion, Green Howards; First Battalion, Border Regiment; First Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; First Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (belonging to the Fourteenth Infantry Brigade). Two departing infantry battalions will be replaced by two battalions of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade now in Hongkong. The result of these moves is that the British garrison at Shanghai for the coming winter will consist of five infantry battalions, also the Fifth Armoured Car Company and the Royal Tank Corps.—A. and N.Z.
CHIANG-KAI-SHEK
FORMER LEADER DEPARTS Reed. 9.5 a.m. SHANGHAI, Wed. It is reported from Hongkong that Chiang Kai Shek, the erstwhile commander of the Cantonese against the Northerners, passed through en route to France, under an assumed name. He is accompanied by 16 friends, posing as students.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 138, 1 September 1927, Page 11
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