HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE
SOVIET BOMBARDMENT
DISASTER IN MINE
(Eeceived 24th November, 8 a.m.)
SHANGHAI, 23rd November. Following incessant bombardment of Manchuli, the Soviet's official confirmation of the occupation of the town, also Chalanor, has been received here.
Chinese sources to-day state the Eed troops, assisted v by Mongols, aro notr in possession, eye-witnesses stating thai the Eussians attacked with tanks and aeroplanes, completely wrecking the major portion of the town.
Many residents, who descended to the coal mines to escape the bombardment, perished following the wreckage of the x>umping machinery. An aerial bombardment and a general Soviet attack destroyed the Tasgan railway station, forcing the evacuation of the town. The Chinese main line forces ara withdrawing from the frontier defences from Hailar to Buchatu, 150 miles distant, abandoning all the territory west of the Khiagan Mountains.
Twenty-four military trains are being held in readiness in event of a further retreat., :
It is believed more than a thousand persons perished following the flooding of the mines at Manchuli, in addition to those reported missing in the Dalainor district.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE
Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 127, 25 November 1929, Page 9
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