Nanking, May 2.
The National Government _has they assessed in their numbers.
ad's men ave now guarding the issued e mai appointing Gen~ West Gate, and there is very little|eral Chen Chi-tang, the Canton chance of their being tried just leader, as Chief Commander of the Dut there is something like disciple Southern Route forces against the about them "which the Taoutal's Communists with General, Pei troops don't know what to make of-chung-tsi and General Tsai Ting-The country people are' already kai respectively Deputy Commander fecking to. the "gates in numbers,|and Field Commander. and the efficient Committee of De-"These generals will carry on the fence there are already taking campaign against the Reds in the measures to ensure safety to the|five provinces of Kian; Kuang-traders. Things, to look tung, Fukien, Hunan, and Hupeh. settled and work going steadily The same mandate appoints Gen-forward, shops occupied and opened, eral Ho Chien, Chairman of Hunan, etc, and all heads appearing decent- as Commander-in-Chief of the: ly shaved, so thay you behold the Western Route, General Liu Shih as most loyal-looking set of people, Commander-in-chief of the North-imaginable. ern Route, and General Liu Tsen-hua as Commander-in-Chief of the Reeapture of Fung-wha anti-Communist forees in the Ho-The "North-Chi Herald" of nan, Hupeh, and Anhwei border dis. October 18, 1863, gave the following] tricts.—Reuter, description of the yeeapture of mngwha from the Taiping Rebels.
Drive in Hupeh Hankow, Maj had taken the walled City of Fung-short time back the Taipings In.view of the ceaseless acti wha, und, after having captured the of "Gyrmmamist © bands in various city, a late body of them advanced upon Ningpo, robbing and var, Barts of Hupeh, General Ho Cheng-'Coming the industrious inhabitants, and burning the villages and farms.
Reliable information, and farms; lupon receipt of instructions from Reliable information having reached General Chiang, Kai-shek at Nan-devastation committed thins] chang, has decided to launch a big pests of humanity, it was deemed ye against the Communists short: Tt is reported that he will seek Advisable, for the safety of the city' ince from the troops of neigh-and Settlement of Ningpo reduce this fresh stronghold of the feels. "Accordingly on the October kuan Yung-hsiang, Ho Mu-lin, and Capt. Dew of Hat Encounter, Generals, Has Rose-chase, hee advanced up the river Pmeoumiets|others have already teached Hankow to take part in a military confgmboats Hardy "and, Flair, the ference to be held under the chair-vouch war steamer Derouled and the Chinese str. Conf manship of General Ho Cheng-chun faving on board the small-arm men], draw up definite plans for the of HAS, Encounter and Sphinx, Comins ant ved campaign—Rengo. three' English and two Chinese howitzers and one thousand of the
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