Sept, 29.
Despite the success as a whole the "anti-Communist drive "in Hupeh province," the " Government troops are still tinding difteutties bringing to blows the elusive and fleet-footed smaller bands of Mods.
1 notorious Ho Lung, who, during the past two yours, "has caused the Government oldiers constant trouble and haa been reported captured and' dead on ntmeroos ion paid him.
'According to up-river reports Ho Lung and his following of 2000 men were bottled up in the Western sec-Yien of the Hung Lake district' by 10,000 government troops but managed to break the cordon and is now reported to be in the region of Tchang, making for Patung. Where it is thought he may' cross" the Yangtze.
Ho Lung is a notorious chieftain of irregular Reds or bandits in Central China, During the past two years he hay plundered and sacked towns at will, carried off foreign missionaries for ransom, and always hho has avoided a definite battle with Government troops, His army covers amazing distances in very abort time and in consequence keeps the commanders of the govern-went armies ina maze as to his actual position—Reuter,
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