The same sources confirm that aeroplanes have been used to assist the invaders, They are not dropping the Usual aerial bombs but many hand grenades, which, however, are not very effective. The invaders, report ed "to number between 19,000 and 20,000 are said to be not very well equipped end to be badly fed. They are outnumbered by the Suiyuan defenders.
Chinese sources report that Wong 'Ying, loader of the Mongol Irregulars, had 'a narrow escape from death on November 18, when the Chinese counter-attack' forced the invaders back beyond Wang Ying' headquar-sere. {tis stated, escaped just in time.
Meanwhile, General Fu Tso-yi, Governor of Suiyuan, has returned Xwelhua, the capital, where he was warm reception by the peo-'General Fu has been in Pingtichuan superintending the defence of the frontier. "It is reported in Kwvelhun that the Suiyuan forces, which have now received considerable reinforcements, will probably launch a counter-offensive aimed at Shangtu, In Charhar, the base of the present Manchu-Mongol operations.—Reuter,
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