The southern force of Reds have been shoved back over the river, and they are hard put to it, since, if they fall to get over and be able to continue north through cultivated, areas, they will have to tackle diffi cult trails through the - mountain masses on which Tatsienlu (12,400 feet above sea level) finds itself. Tt now named. Kangting. These mountains are dificult to travel through or over, and also offer little food, 90 both forces are now being harassed by the great ranges on thelt flanks.
'Whether the Szechuen soldiers have it in them to deliver a coup de grace remains to be seen. 'They have alr-bombers helping them, but fying i as T have said before, precarious, The clouds still remain' the friends of the Reds, and they have reason to bless them: "However, they travel now in twos and threes, and an alr observer who came In' to-day says that he saw what he estimates to be Jabout 3,000 trickling out of the region of Fuchuanshan towards Lifan in small scattered groups.
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