A strong force of Government! troops. has been concentrated at Changteh, the commercial centre 130] miles northwest of Changsha, in Anticipation of a Red attack on' that city, The Sith Division has arrived from southwestern Hupeh, to reinforce the eft and two. regiments In pursuit of the Reds under Hsiao] Ko and Ho Lung In the suburbs 2f) Taoyuan, which Is 18 miles west of Changteh.
It has been ascertained that the] outlaws on the Hunan-Kweichow Border have been reduced to 20,000] men and are in 9 destitute condition in eastern Kweichow. The Ist Red Army Corps, now. totalling barely 1,000, has fled to Tienchu, - eastern Kweichow. Units of the 1st Govern= ment Army Corps have disposed of, the Reds who lingered on the border, eilling 2,000 outlaws and seizing 300 rifles. No traces of bandits can be found at Tungtao and Suining, in southwestern Hunan—Kuo Min.
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