TO CUT THE RAILWAY
SOUTHERN OBJECTIVE
LONDON-, 16th March,
Chinese news received in official quarters indicate that the Cantonese are making a fourfold advance to Nanking, in order to sever railway communication with Peking.
The "Daily Express" declares that nothing short, of a miracle, can prevent Nanking and falling into the hands of the Southerners. The Northern' forces suffered heavy casualties in a surprise attack at Tungli, which was tho beginning of tho Southerners' groat drive on tho Nanking-Sunkiang fronts. Ten thousand troops are now advancing on Sunkiang, where; only 6500 Northern troops remain. Seven thousand Northerners, with a force of White Russians, have been rushed across tho Tangtzo in an attempt to protect Nanking.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 64, 17 March 1927, Page 9
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115TO CUT THE RAILWAY Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 64, 17 March 1927, Page 9
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