ROUTED NATIONALIST ARMY.
MEASURES FOR DEFENCE. PANIC-STRICKEN REFUGEES. NANKING BOMBARDED. The Northern Chinese army has routed the Nationalist forces, v.ho are retreating on Shanghai. The vanguard of 12,000 men is approaching that city, where great excitement and confusion prevail. The authorities have taken strong precautionary measures to protect the international settlement from the defeated soldiers. Panic-stricken refugees have arrived at Shanghai ahead of the Southerners. They tell of the capture of Pukow by the Northerners and state that Nanking, the city where Marshal Chiang Kai-shek has his headquarters, is being bombarded by the victorious Northern Army. The situation at Nanking is so serious that foreigners are leaving the city in haste. British warships have been sent to the port. The Japanese forces are assisting the British in the steps taken for the defence of Shanghai. Strained relations between the British military authorities and the Chinese at Shanghai have been caused by the latter detaining the wings of an aeroplane which made a forced landing in native territory.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19719, 19 August 1927, Page 11
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167ROUTED NATIONALIST ARMY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19719, 19 August 1927, Page 11
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