The Archive · 1934

Red Leader Taken Prisoner

Hankow, Aug. 11 official, communique, issued by the Bandit Suppression Headquarters in. Wuchang, states that Kuo Tzemin, a notorious Red leader of South "Hupeh and chic of staff attached to the so-called 16th Red Army, has been captured by the farmers of Yuehshan, south of Wuchang. He is beng detained 2 Fenghsinhslen for questioning.

With the capture of Kuo Tze-min the communique adds, the 16th Red Army ig now completely disorganised with only a few hundred bandits lett and practically no ammunition. General Kuo Feng-on, who com mands. troops along the Hupeh-Kiangsi border, is credited with having killed the commander of the red army, Kuo Yun-sen.—Reuter.

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

Your account