Kaifeng, Feb, 2.
The bandits under Liu "Kwei-tang who retreated into northern Honan last week received another sot back at the hands of the troops under Gen, Shang Chen yesterday and are now making a hasty retreat from Wusan to Linshaokwan, in southern Honan. 'Their strength now has been reduced to 700 men, with only 400 rifles at their disposal. Only 300 of these outlaws are now in Honan, while the Fest have been driven' back to southern Hopel. Liu Kwel-tang is reported to have been seriously wounded, 'A message from Tsinan reports that Liu Shih-nan, another Red chieftain, who repeatedly has caused disturbances in districts bordering Shangtung and Hopel, has been captured by government troops—Central News,
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