On March 2 a mutiny broke out. at Chaoyang in the rear of the retreating Swatow army, and from then on there seems to' have been no serious attempt to delay the Cantonese advance, On March 7 the "Reds" entered Swatow from two directions. One party came on foot from Chaoyang to Kakchioh which is ust eros the harbour from Swatow, another party followed the railway line from Chaoehowfu, Th Kakchioh party sent a dozen men across the harbour in a motor boat and they took possession of the town, Although every boat going to Hongkong during the previous week had been crowded with members of the defeated government, there still remained a few strag: glers and their departure caused rome little excitement, They had commandeered " steam Jauneh, but by bad luck they ran en to the mud and were in imminent danger wf being caught by the incoming troops. Fortunately for them the tide rose just in time and they steamed our of the harbour under heavy rifle fire from both
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