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Show REBELS SEIZE CHINESE FLEET SHANGHAI. April 30 (By the Associated As-sociated Press ) The forms of Sun Yat Sen. head of the south Chinese I government at Canton, have captured the entire southern naval squadron, It I was statoii in unofficial dispatches ' published here today by the foreign and Chinese press. The attack on the vessels which ro- suited In their surrender waa carried out by aircraft in conjunction with southern Chinese troops. The aircraft air-craft bombed the vessels at Pah-WU-Ton, 20 men being killed and 30 others oth-ers wounded on board the cruiser Hal-Chl Hal-Chl in tho Initial attack, the reports state. Later there was a further bombing attack on the vessels near Canton in the Whampoa river, the Hal-Chi an.1 the other craft attacked surrendering;.! The squadron captured, the reports statcw. Included the cruisers Hal-Chi and Hal-Chen, the gunboats Chuyu, ung-I'eng. Yuchang. Vung-Hslang, Felylng, Fu-An and Young-an and the t ra 1 n I n g B h i i 'hao-ho BATTLE CONTTN1 1 8 PEKING, April 29. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) The fighting south of I tho Peklng-Tlen-Tslen railway, begun at dawn today, was still in progress this afternoon with the sound of bat-i tie distinctly audible here. The en- gagement between tho forces of General Gen-eral Chang-Tso-Lln, military governor govern-or o Manchuria, and Gem ral Wu-Pol-! Fu. mllltarv leader of rcntril f'hlnn., was reported to extend along a line from Machang 20 miles south of Tien Tslen to a point Just south of Peking Wounded troops from the front began be-gan arriving in the city this afternoon. after-noon. EXPECT DRIVE TODAY PEKING. April 20. (By the International In-ternational New a Service.) 'Worsted In the first clash of China s civil war when his weakened left wing was forced forc-ed to give way. after attacking Cham;-Tso-Lln's line at Murhang Vu-E,ei-Fu. powerful tuchun of central China, was tonight expected to launch his main drive for Peking tomorrow in a smashing attack on Chang's line at Chang Sin Tien This point Is but 12 miles south of Peking and If Wu is able to force a breach here he will not onlv bo near his objective tho capital city but will hac effected a division of Chang's forces. In support of this stroke Chinese' cruisers upholding Wu's cause were rushing up from Chefou in readiness to bombard Chung s line of aommunl-M r"i -uuaWmamaauauuuum , ;,tlon to !ns home prorin- Ing-Mukdon railroad. H."B line that he brought bis into th- Peking area an-J he muvt Wring munition V his modern arsennH In CASUALTIES HEAH Casualties were hea,7.DHH on the initial dav of WJB lng to reports reaching Art I Iters fire was conU-J tho whole line nil has been distinctly audlW dawn. j...tuflH Chang has tho modern equipment tor has the advantage of mmW and more experienced ' Is believed to have ""j his banners, lncludin "J Tsao Kun . HflE With augmented erloan and British cofflPSBj special steps being takkfJ darnicrie. foreigners fjgM W-ctcd but are watcWM I with tense lnterest. MM |