CHINESE ARMIES
MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS SOUTHERNERS CLAIM VICTORIES. HUGE LOSSES OF MEN REPORTED. BY CABLE—PBE3S ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT Received 2 p.m. to-day. SHANGHAI, Sept. 1. The local Nationalist authorities state that two divisions of Southerners crossed the fangtsze, drove out the Northerners and reoccupied Pukow, silencing the artillery which had been bombarding Nanking for the past week. They claim that they killed, wounded or captured over 30,000 Northerners in recent fights, disarmed 40,000 and scattered the rest. British warships anchored at Nanking confirm the retirement of the Northerners at that point, owing to the menace to their line of communications.
Hankow troops are advancing through Northern Anhwei, but other reports state that a large body of Northerners is still on the south bank of the Yangtsze preparing to attack Nanking.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 2 September 1927, Page 9
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128CHINESE ARMIES Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 2 September 1927, Page 9
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