The Archive · 1929

Government Troops' Advance

Hankow, Dec. 24. 'The 13th Division under General'

Hsia Touyin entered Yencheng on the 22nd instant, disarming three infantry and one cavalry battalions in the city without meeting with any resistance, according to a telegram from Sinyang. The advance Government forces are now march- Year. ing on Hsuchang, the base of the Tang Song-chi rebels.

Part of the 3rd Route Army under General Han Fu-chu is going southwards from Chengchow to take part in the attack, Tang Song-chi himself is reported to have made good his escape on the 2ist—Kuo Min,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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