Southern Chinese Claim a Victory

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 139, 2 September 1927, Page 9

Southern Chinese Claim a Victory

YANGTSE BATTLE PUKOW REOCCUPIED By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 11.50 a.m. SHANGHAI, Thurs. Nationalist authorities here state that two divisions of Southerners crossed the Yangtse, drove out the Northerners, and reoccupied Pukow, silencing the artillery which has been bombarding Nanking for the past week. They claim that they killed, wounded, or captured over 30,000 Northerners in the recent fighting, 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 with Hankow. Troops are advancing through Northern Anwhei, but other reports state that a large body of Northerners is still on the south hank of the Yangtse, preparing an attack on Nanking. A British official wireless message says that telegrams from China state that the Northerners have crossed the Yangtse by Nanking, and are in possession of the south hank, from Morrison Point to Wulungshan. They have cut the railway. A considerable force has also been concentrated opposite Chinkiang, from which town the Southerners have withdrawn most of their troops. There has been heavy fighting at Lungtan. —A. and N.Z.