Reviewed Tokyo, Apr. 11.
Japanese forees fought 226 enxagements with about 75.380 Chinese troops during mopping-up operations in North China in March, in which 19200 Chinese were slain, 110 prisonfers taken and large quantities of farms and ammunition captured, ace cording to a communique issued by the Army Section of the Imperial General Headquarters today. Japanese losses were slight, the statement said, Japanese forces operating around Haichow in north-eastern Kiangsu have continued mopping-up drives since the fall of that city on March '4 and inflicted heavy losses on Chie nese troops under Gen. Han Te-chin, which have fled southward, the communique continued. Troops under Gen. Miao Cheng-liu also were said to have been scattered with heavy losses, In north-western Shansi Japanese troops captured Tsinglo on March and' Shenchih on March 9 and. in= heted heavy losses on Chinese troops under Gen. Chao Cheng-shou in sur-Founding areas, according to the 10 statement.
In other districts Japanese forces were earrsing out mopping-up ope ions with great success and restor= ing order, the comm 'A. number of military establishments in "Aewoikand Tungsiang. ilanysh, also were demolished by the planes, which returned to safely, the communiqus Japanese Operations on Hainan Island
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.