SHANTUNGESE ROUT.
Army Mutinies After 36-hour Engagement. DOOMED TO FAILURE. ! iß.v Calilo.—l'rcss Association.—Opyri;:'.::.) SHANGHAI, June S. j A battle which lasted 36 hours, between the Nationalist forces i Southerners) and the Shantung troops (Northerners) occurred on the border, of the Kiangsu and Shantung pruvinces. The result <if the haitic was the capture by the Nationalists of the town of Hanchwanc , . Tlie Southerners thu« made their i;:m vict.cy in ;!;■• >i: k.;■,;::_• Province. Owing \o the ?ujivri->r -•.r;>:--_'v a:;.i morale of the Xal:n:;n!i-N tile Sh.ir.t ■ j un;;e-H.' were r.ivur.i-.l in i',if.;it fvi>i:i (':.•• jout>et. but tli-'y n:ain:a ; i>-.l a :>■■.:. ivkable defence Lhir.d r-tnui-; fun:;:■■■■!!iiin* until the Nationalists' ai-ri^i'.'.ni , ? systematically bombarded Har.chu ,t:v'One of'tiv Shantung regiment* then mutinied. Thrrviip-in the rnviniai: linj?' general surronnded of the i:.u;:n--eers, a largo ir.inibor of whom were shot immediately or fell beneath executioners' sword*. The others fled panic-stricken. —Sydney '".Sun."
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 135, 10 June 1927, Page 7
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