Headquarters state Ghat during the battle of Kudteh, approx 2,000 prisoners ' were captives together with a large quantity of ammunition. Among. those Killed "were one. brigadier commander and several regiment and battalion commanders all under the northern leader Wan Heuan-
—Kuo Min.
—Mankow, May 18, Official communiques received at the Commander-in-Chief's Head quarters from Chumatien state that a result of the capture of Wuhuitien, a city about 10 miles feast of Hsuchang, by the units General Chiang Ting-wen, the city of Hsuchang, which has been held by the Kuominchun forces under Chi Hung-chang during the past few weeks, is now practically surrounded on three si The left wing Government forces in western Honan have also made ress from Yebhsien and ing on Hsuchang by two separate routes. Much of the success of the Government forces in this sector is attributed to the aerial attacks by the Government bombers under the command of Colonel Chang Hui-chang.
It is, however, believed that with the northerners steadily falling back upon Changchow no serious fighting will take place until the time comes for a decisive battle for the control of Chengchow which is' now the immediate objective of both the Lunghai and the Peking-Hankow campaigns—Kuo Min,
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