Nanking, Oct. 21.
A brief engagdément between the 5th Route Army and the Kuominchun rebels under Sia Liang-chen took place in the vicinity of Heishihkan yesterday, but ceased towards the evening, according to information from the Lung-Hai Railway Administration. Fighting, however, is reported to be going on in the region west of Hsuchang and south of Loyang.
It is stated that Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek will shortly issue a manifesto in connection with the present situation. It will call upon the entire people of the country. to support the Central Government fu the subjugation of the rebels.
The "Model Battalion" of the Contral Military Academy cadets embarked this morning for Hankow to participate in the impending campaign against the Kuominchun.
To centralize the control of! the impending campaign, Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters is} preparing to restore the Directorate-General of Military Transportation to take charge of all matters rela ing to transportation with Mr. Vu i-pang as the Director-General. Kuo Min.
The Ironsides in Hunan Changsha, Oct. 21.
Several hundred of the "Ironsides" under Chang Fa-kuei "are reported to have been killed or wounded in Lungtan and Yenchihsion, as the result of an engagement between the rebels and the Sth (Hunan) Division under General Chow Lan on the 18th instant, when the insurgents while retreating from Hsupu to Lungtan to avoid being attacked by the Government forces under Gen, Wa Shang, were checke] in their retreat.
The rebels were compelled to flee to Kiangkow where they were' met by one brigade of the forees under General Liu Chien-sui and another fierce battle ensued, resulting in
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