BANDIT STRONGHOLD
ATTACK BY CANTON TROOPS. (UNIrEB I-RES3 ASSOCIATION.—COPIRIGIIT.) (SYDNM SON CAD.'.E.) _ PEKIN, Bth 'April. Acting on Suri Vat Sen's orders, several hundred trooDs surrounded a bandit stronghold near 'vVhanpoa.. The bandits resisted capture, and fired on the troops, who burned the village. Many of the banditg, were shot" and some perished in the flames, while others were captured it .is stated that investigations established the fact that the gang participated in many outrages, including the recent piracy on the Hong -Kong steamer Tailee
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 87, 11 April 1924, Page 7
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107BANDIT STRONGHOLD Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 87, 11 April 1924, Page 7
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