Word: retreatant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with a ring of forts, mobilized a million men. Defeated in open battle, the Communists decided on a fantastic escape. Leaving a skeleton force at the front, they moved south & west on the night of Oct. 16, 1934, before Chiang Kai-shek's army got wind of their retreat. With them went thousands of peasants, a mule caravan carrying dismantled machinery, Singer sewing-machines, printing equipment. In forced marches, they crossed twelve provinces, over the 16,000-ft. passes of the Tibet mountains, through the swampy wastes of the grasslands in west China, twice missed annihilation by a hair...
...Japanese dominance. Not so, says Edgar Snow. He quotes Mao's prophecy that even though Japan should occupy half of China and blockade the coast, "we would still be far from defeated." As in fighting Chiang Kaishek, Communist Mao would retreat & retreat, luring the lengthening Japanese columns into the interior, trusting that time and guerrilla tactics would finally snap the tightening thread of Japanese morale...
...Similar retreat along the economic front last week cut U. S. steel operations to 29% of capacity. Only a 1.4% drop from the previous week, this was the smallest since the present depression became apparent last August, aroused some hope. But car-loadings dropped another 6%, making the total 18% under last year; Barren's business index went to 67% of normal; auto output stood at 58,000 units v. 85,000 last fortnight and 102,000 year ago. And the New York Times business index slid on down, having slumped more in the past three months than...
Through to the outside world last week came a vivid delayed cable recently sent by United Pressman Jack Belden, whose tough job was to cover the headlong Chinese flight from Taiyuan in the North: ''Scenes of horror marked the retreat of the Chinese, including former Communist corps. Screaming and running like maniacs, [were] soldiers whose skin had been burned from their hands and face, splashed by sulphur bombs...
...Army history encamped at Fort Sam Houston under the command of 60-year-old Major General James K. Parsons. First six weeks were devoted to a series of imaginary battles against a "Red" Army which the P. I. D., split up into small details, functioned successfully in attack, retreat, flank and encirclement maneuvers. Last week the P. I. D. had had time to become sufficiently well coordinated to show what it could really do in the way of rapid motion. On Nov. 8, after a breakfast of 12,000 apples, 24,000 eggs, 560 Ib. of coffee...