Wuchow, Feb. 9, General Chen Chi-tang, €om-mander of the 8th Route Army, is leaving for Kueiping, west of Wuchow, to-morrow to direct the operations against the Kuangsi rebels in the upper reaches of th West River. Eight Government gunboats and three torpedo-boats: are standing by, preparatory. te sailing up the river to cover the Government forces' advance.
The cities of Mongkong, Pakma, Wuhu, Tantsok and Pingnam have been successively occupied by the 8th Route Army in its advance.
According to a message from the Military Intelligence Corps, the Hunan rebels formerly under Tang Song-ming and a part of the "Ironsides" entrenched within the wal of Kueilin have been attacked by the combined forees of the 4th (Hus in) and 6th Route Armies. The insurgents are expected to evacuate the city.
The main forces of thie 6th Route Army are now heading steadily towards Livchow and have already passed Shaojen. General Chu Shao-Tiang has arrived at Laipo en route to the front.
Twenty-four Government xcroplanes loaded with 120-Ib bombs departed for the various fronts yesterday to make an aerial atthe! on the rebels—Kuo Min.
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