Aerial Bombardment of Sian Resumed: City Invested on All Sides by Punitive Loyal Forces Nanking, Dec. 20.
IR bombings against the rebel city were resumed to-day. Already the rebel bases at Woman, Huayin, and Sanyuan have suffered heavily and the movement of their troops has been rendered impossible.
Aeroplanes have been flying to in every day, dropping not only bombs but also large quantities of newspapers, pamphlets, and booklets, primarily for the information of the rebels, in the hope that they may repent and turn against Chang Hsueh-liang. The rebels are said to have fallen into a state of utter nervousness when they received newspapers in which thousands of telegrams supporting the punitive expedition were printed—Central News.
Nanking, Dec, 20.
'A Tungkwan message states that] the Central Government troops, and alr force attacked the rebels at Hwahislen, 60 miles cast of the Shensi provincial capital, this morning, and decupled the city after a short strug sle—Kuo Min.
Troops Push On Nanking, Dec. 17.
Government con-
Whereupon the rebels, who had been besieging the city since Saturday, withdrew. Tt is officially stated that Chang Hsueh-ting's troops attack Central Government forces at_Hwahislen, about 50 miles from Sianfu, yesterday morning.
The 101th, 117th, and 129th divi sions of Chang Hsueh-liang's troops, itis understood, are concentrating at Slantu, while the 109th, 113th, and 120th divisions are concentrating at Lintung. The 112th division is marching to Sianfu. A railway bridge and the tracks east and west of Hwahsien have been wrecked by the rebels, 50 to impede the advance of the Government forces Reuter.
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