Canton, Apr. 6.
With the arrival of reinforcements' from Yunnan, Hunan, and Kwangsi, Gen. Chiang' Kai-shek has thrown 75,000 men Into action against the 50,000 Reds in North Kweichow, in counter-attack heralding the great battle In China for years. The Communists, finding the path to Kweiyang effectively blocked, are! retreating eastward, evidently with the Intention of joining their comrades in Hunan under the notorious leaders, Ho Lung and Hsiao Keh.
All danger to Kweiyang, where martial law is being enforced, is now Delieved definitely to have been removed, and it 1s expected that the foreigners who evacuated to Anshun, south-west of the provincial capital, will be able to return in a few days The Generalissimo, swift to follow] the advantage he has gained, has sent three columns of troop to check. the retreat of the Reds, whom he is} determined to surround at all costs The rainy weather yesterday and to-day was welcome to the Communists, who through it were spared mich of the punishment to which previously they had been subjected. Cloudy conditions made it dimeult for; the bombers to. trace the Reds, while the sodden nature of the rendered ineffective most the missiles dropped from the skies. Meanwhile, the strength of the Government forces is being supplement-fed with the continued arrival of re-
Inforeements.
Many at the Communists captured at Hsifeng are reported to have been beheaded—Reuter.
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