Peking, May 10.
The local military headquarters issued the following communique this afternoon "The Nanking forces, taking advantage of the partial coneentration of the 2nd and 3rd Army Groups, which are composed of General Yen Hsi-shan's and Ma: shall Feng Vu-hsiung's picked troops, numbering each a hundred thousand men, came out of thei days ago and a westward) under General Chiang Kai-shek's orders, "Here they were surprised by the troops covering the concentration, composed of the commands of; General Sun Tien-ying and General! Wan Hsuan-tsai "One Nanking annihilated, leaving covered with dead.
"Complete disorder now reign: on the Nanking front and quantities of prisoners are being brought "The vanguards of the 2nd and Army Groups came into action yesterday. The original plan was that as soon as the concentration was completed, the two covering. forces would open up and go to the flanks, but the situation has developed so rapidly that th advantage is being exploited and a, general advance is occurring without redistribution."—Reuter,
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