Communists Diven Out of Macheng Nanking, Feb. 2.
A long-drawn battle between the Government. forces and. the. Com mmonat-banda hasbeen fought dar Honan Asha! order; "resulting.
the past week along the Hupeh-
the "complet routing of the out ives. when the" 1th. division under" Gene Fighting started on Jan. 24
ral Hsia Tou-yin launched a yy attack on the bandits number! [About 10,000, who had_entrenehet themselves within the city' of Macheng.
For seven days and nights the partie continued to rage furiously up to the doth, when the tide turn fed in favour' of the Government Exhausted by the long: drawn fighting and handicapped {ack of ammunition, the bandits were compelled. to retreat towards Futlento, leaving. behind then a stream of dead and wounded. -General Hsia's units in conjanstion with a part of the 44th division Under General. Hsiao Chih-cha are close pursuit of the enemy, By order of Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek, General Han Te chin, commander of the S2nd_divi Sion; has been appointed Gendar-merle Commander for Nanchang, Kiangsi, As a. result of the efforts fof the 6th route army under Gen-feral "Cha "Shaoliang, "the Com-manists in the vicinity' of Nanfeng, south-eastern "Kiangsi, have teen Dut to flight, escaping' southward in the alretion of "Ruanzchang.. Tro Surround the Cutlawss—Reater, jovernment units are advancing to
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