Dakwan was the scene of a terrible Baltic between the Communists and Yang Sen's troops. "Apparently the Reds suffered a defeat, retiring from this point into the Muping country, and from there to Tsonghua and Shu ting. During the next few stages to Tachienlu we passed. through stretches of country where the stenc= was almost impossible. In the Da: wan engagement hundreds were reported killed on both sides and when we passed through many of the bodies must have still been lying about.
Beyond Chinehi we had a-similar experience and again on the otter side of the Feiyuch the stench was quite' unbearable. "During June and July this great highway was the scene of many signifieiant battles which decided the fate and direction of the Communist leaders, "Mao and Chu driven from the main road and badly defeated at Lating, the Reds were forced Into the Muping country and from there turned west. How there immense hordes passed along the narrow and rocky defies of this treacherous country romaine to be written, but tually they reached the Chinchuan and the Tibetan frontier from which cul de sao they are trying to escape.
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