The Archive · 1929

Two Lines of Defence

Hankow, Oct 8.

Latest despatches from Changsha aport that General Ho' Chien, has) established two lines for checking the adyonce of the insurgents under Chang Fa-kuei in their attempt to] cereds. the Kuarigit-Hunan border into Kuangsi.

The first line extends from Pao: had mutinied afew days ago, is reported to have been taken back into the fold by Brigadier-Command. er Yuan Yin-wu and is now awaiting orders from the Central Aathorities at Tsigshazhsien, about 25 miles west: of Anking. Under instructions from the Commander-in-Chief, Geners) Han Tobehut, Commander.of the newly organized '3rd Brigade at Wuhy, has amused temporary command of the bat talons under Chizo Ming-li, Lic Tso-ping, aid Chao Ping-Kan of the it 45th Division. stationed respectively fat Tatung, Huarehen end Tangtu in Southern Anhui—Kuo Min, and I imagine that I was. the last foreigner to speak with the General before this stadden turn,

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