| Show Chinese Troops Surge Into nto East Manchuria Nov 17 UP- UP UPi UP-I UP i Chinese e government troops poured through the Great Wall Van into castera eastern eastern east cast 1 ern era Manchuria Saturday and advanced advanced advanced ad- ad ad ad- almost unopposed along the coastal railway y tO toward r Mukden n. n Communist f for forces 0 r c e c s a defending eastern anchor of or orthe the Great Vall Wall fled to avoid encirclement encirclement en en- after a n. nationalist column column column col col- col- col slipped through an unguarded pass pM Friday at men Chin eight miles mUes to the tho north Gen Gent To ming Ll nationalist commander In north China ana ann anno an an- n a no o 0 u n nee c e C d the surprise e breakthrough breakthrough breakthrough break break- through from his near near-by headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters in the U. U S S. S marine held port of ot Drive on Mukden Tu ordered an Immediate advance advance advance ad ad- vance up th the coastal railroad to Mukden 22 miles to the north north- east There appeared little likelihood likelihood lUtell- lUtell hood however that the retreating communists would leave tho the vital rail line Intact and observers believed believed believed be be- the nationalists would at attempt attempt at- at tempt first to secure the adjacent coastal strip to permit reinforcement reinforcement reinforce reinforce- ment by sea Tn Tu said laid his troops were making no attempt to encircle circle and arid destroy the communists around kwan estimated at about men In view of ot the continuing peace negotiations under way In The nationalists passed by-passed Shan- Shan in their initial breakthrough breakthrough breakthrough break break- through and made no immediate attempt to occupy the tho town Casualties on both sides were described by Tn Tu as very light He credited part of ct the victory to the accidental appearance of ot a flight of American marine planes from Routine Patrol The planes were engaged In routine routine routine rou rou- tine patrol over the tho area but Tu Tn said the communists mistook them for tor nationalist raiders and fled d din In disorder But no marines were Involved In Inthe Inthe Inthe the skirmish for and and- there word a late hour Friday night that American fliers filers had Implemented their warning warning warn warn- ing of ot reprisals reprisals' if communist troops continued firing tiring on American Ameri Amen can trains The nationalist advance Into Manchuria coincided with word from tram Shantung that oth other r c central government troops were moving out rapidly from their beachhead at along the railway line leading toward and Tail TsU- nan In m meanwhile U. U S. S 1 army authorities repudiated re reports reports reports re- re ports of a scale large transfer of at American planes to the nationalist national national- let government They announced that fewer than 75 American planes had been turned over to the thc Chinese since the end of ot the war |
