Canton, Apr. 5.
Japanese forces today were consolidating their positions in a sector south of Tsungfa, north of Canton on the Liukui River, where mopping-up operations were started at 7 o'clock yesterday evening.
Chinese guerillas retreated following an engagement in which they lost a large number of men. More than 10 prisoners were taken by the Japanese. Guerillas and isolated troop remnants which had been inactive for some time resumed thei operations in the past few days owing to a shortage of food supplies aggravated by the advent of the rainy season.—Domei.
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