Hankow, Oct. 29.
According to official despatches, Severe fighting is going on in the vicinity of Kunghsien, Western Honan, where Government troops drawn' from the Peking-Hankow Railway are endeavouring to stem the march of the Kuominchun south-warl towards Kingtzekuan, It is officially claimed. that the rebels are being driven back and that a quantity of prisoners materials have been captured, cluding field guns and machine guns.
Further Government successes are [claimed from Tengfeng in. the vicinity of which General Wei Yibshan's division has clashed with the rebale under General Pong Ping-hsun.
Fighting is now spreading into a wide Tine south of the Dung-hai Railway and threatens to -develop momentarily into a major action—Reuter.
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