REBELS ROUTED
DECISIVE BATTLES ON CHINESE FRONTS NANKING CLAIMS VICTORIES Reed. 10.30 a.m. SHANGHAI, Tues. The >’ Tving Government claims three i:u nt victories, having broken bels* line in North ! Anhwei. Advancing toward the Honan Province it captured Pochow, a strategic point north of Anhwei. A report from the Shantung battlefront states the rebels attacked and . were repulsed with severe losses. What are believed to be the decisive battles of the present war are being fought in the vicinity of Hsuchow. Generals Feng Yuh-siang and Yen Hsi-Shan are rushing available troops to prevent the Government advance along the Lunghai railway. In the event of the rebels capturing ! Hsuchow, the Government will face | a serious situation. President Chiang Kai-shek therefore ! is personally directing operations, and j it is believed he is capable of resist* ; ing any Kuominchun attack.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 971, 14 May 1930, Page 9
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