LONG SIEGE ENDED.
CHINESE TOWN RELIEVED. SAFETY OE MISSIONARIES. A. and KZ. PEKING. JulyU. The sioge of Kweilin, in the province of Hunan, has been raised, and all the American missionaries are safe. The town has been closely invested since the middle of April, and has been constantly shelled and assaulted. The fight was nominally between the forces of Dr. Sun Yat Sen and Marshall Wu Poi Fu,,but was mainly a personal quarrel. The chief antagonists were exbandit leaders who were former]y friends.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18762, 16 July 1924, Page 9
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83LONG SIEGE ENDED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18762, 16 July 1924, Page 9
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