Turned Back in Attempt to Reach Kweichow: 10,000
Casualties: Big Captures of Material Changsha, Dec. 1.
Sanguinary fighting, lasting ten hours, occurred yesterday between ithe various Government divisions Hunan and the 1st, 3rd and Sth Red Jarmy corps on the' Chioshan-Chulan-[pu-Paishapu line, along the Hunan-Kwangsi border. The whole line of the bandit forces was completely routed by the Government troops, who succeeded in capturing 4,000 rifles "and 40 machine-guns. The casualties among the "marauders Jamounted to 10,000, The defeated Drigands escaped towards Siyen, northern Ks "To check the flight westwards.of the Reds and to prevent them from lentoring Kweichow, Gen. Wang Chia-fish has telegraphed to Gen. Vu [Kuo-tsai to despatch troops to Liping jand"Yungsung, in south-eastern Kweichow, while Gen, Wang him-elf will lead his forces to Szepin fend Chinyuan, in eastern Kweichow.
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