CHINESE WARFARE
THOUSANDS KILLED & WOUNDED
(Australian Pfess Association.) (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Reed. May 31. 1 p.m.) SHANGHAI, May 30. Six thousand were killed and many thousands were wounded in heavy fighting between the Mansiites. and Mukdenites, along the Pekin-Hankow railway. It was a three days’ engagement. It is reported-that neither side gained much. Other fronts are practically quiet, and the Northerners succeeded in holding their positions. NATIONALIST SUCCESS. (United Service.) SHANGHAI, May 30. Pekin-Tokio reports state that the Nationalists occupied Paotingfu, a key city, to the capital, SO miles south west. The report, if true, means that Pei Chungh Sis troops thrown in from Shinh Chia Chuang changed a serious reverse. Chiangh Such Liang, son of Chang Tso Lin, was unable to stem the Southern onslaught at Mancheng, west of Paotingfu, with the result that the Southerners burst through the position, capturing the city at three in the morning.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 31 May 1928, Page 7
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