Peiping, Feb. 14.
Mopping-up operations in central and southern Hopei were nearing completion today as Japanese troops tightened their lines around Chinese guerillas.
Gen. Lu Cheng-tsao's army of 2,000 was routed with severe losses near Tamaying, ten kilometres east of Shen-hsien, according to a feld dispatch. The Chinese left 150 dead.
From 4,000 to 5,000 men of the 129th Army were dispersed in-the vicinity of Shangchengku, east of Wei-hsien, by mentary air squadrons.
Forces commanded by Gen. Lu Chung-lin and Gen. Shih Vu-sen have been scattered, the message claimed.—Domei.
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