Nanking, Nov. 14.
Another flaming chapter of the gallantry of Chinese soldiery was written by four Chinese battalions who, true to their pledge, held out to the last man in defence of their] air "force yesterday a fierce engagement The four battalions, led by their commanders, were completely. wiped out by the mechanical superiority fof the invaders. Not a single mem-|to information received by the naval ber retreated from the posts, "and branch the army. units landed the last man died machine-gun nest, Holding back the Japanese slong the Menehiache-Hsinchingehiao line Siaonanziang, the defenders succeeded in exacting a high price upon the invaders before they gave their lives 10 the country. No ess than 1,300 Japanese were killed or wounded, it is estimated, during the Ditter engagement, All the four doomed battalions, it revealed, were from Hunan. 'Their commanders, Cols, Nich Leb, Chow Ting-chih, Peng Cheng. and' Chow. Feng-hsiang, were graduates of the Central Military Academy and had been in military service for several years. They were killed while lead~ a bayonet charge against the Japanese—Central News. finished goods." the paper reported, were destroyed or taken away by the (Chinese, soldiers.
Mr. Tomonaga iold a correspondent of the paper that he was surprised to see that all of the mills except the weaving mill had been set on fire by the Chinese troops.
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