Cantonese Red Success After Three. Days' Battle: Anti:
Bolsheviks Expected to Evacuate Swatow Hongkong, Nov. 2.
General Chen Chiung-ming's troops, in the battles on October 27, atid 28 in the district of Huayang, defeated the Government troops, some 7,000 strong, under the com-mahd of Ho Ying-chin and Tan Shu-ching. But on October 29 General Chiang Chieh-shin (the, Red leader) furiously attacked and defeated Chen's forces. General Hung. \Chao-lin's contingents, who were siding with General Chen's forces, also have been defeated by General Chiang's troops, which accordingly captured Chiehyang yesterday. The condition in Swatow, since yesterday, has become very serious, for the troops commanded by Liu Shih-belonging to Generel Chen Chiung-ming have evacuated the town withdrawing to Chaochow, though a small number of officials of the Peace Preservation Bureau land of the gendarmerie are manag-jing to maintain peace and order in Swatow, where the merchants have all closed their shops. Judging from available accounts, it seems inevitable that General Chen Chiung-ming's troops will shortly retreat in the direction of the border of Fukien and Kiangse. It may be taken a: certain that as a result of the defeat of the anti-Red forces in the region of the East River, the posi tion of the Canton Government has again become strengthened.
Later.
Advices from Swatow are to the effect that it is feared that Swatow }will fall ino the hands of General Chiang Chieh-shin's troops in a day lor two and that all the shops there have been closed. The same advices add that during the last few days, part of General Chen Chiung-ming's troops have made a final resistance Jin the district of Huayang, whereas. the majority of tops. are making preparations to flee, and that tthe leaders of General Chen's troops, whose families have already taken refuge somewhere else, apparently. have completely lost their fighting spirit. It is generally thought here that Swatow may be captured at any moment by General Chiang Chieh-hsih without, further resistance on the part of Ceneral Chen's troops.—Eastern News Agency.
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