FIERCE WAR IN CHINA
MAGNIFICENT BRAVERY OF KUOMINCHUN SWORDS V. MACHINE-GUNS K* (il. 11 a.m. SHANGHAI. Sunday. Hall' a million troops have- now been locked in deadly combat, for more than a month in Central China, and tile issue still remains in doubt. Marshal Feiig-Yu-llsiang's armies, known as the Kuomim liun or People's Army, have been adroitly penned by Marshal Cbiang Kai-Shek. President of the Republic, in the famine-stricken provinces m the north-west, and must either tight or starve. Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek is being compelled to strain every nerve to prevent the Nanking regime from collapsing. Foreign observers report that in order io sonserve their ammunition, the Kuomiiichun troops arc making fierce night attacks, using only their swords and bayonets, and charging with magnificent bravery right into the teeth of merciless machine-gun fire. The Kuominchun progressed southwards, seizing Paochang, Chushan. Fanghsien and Fangcheng, and thereby imperilling th< Government’s hold on Shangyang. where there is an arsenal. Meanwhile, there is severe lighting in Honan, where a bitter contest is raging.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 823, 18 November 1929, Page 9
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169FIERCE WAR IN CHINA Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 823, 18 November 1929, Page 9
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