Canton. Apr. 19.
Striking at the rear of Chinese forces entrenched in hills near Paitanhui, 60 kilometres north-east of Canton. on Monday, Japanese forces operating out of Tsengcheng inflicted heavy losses upon the Chinese, field reports reaching here said today Chinese dead abandoned at Paitanhui numbered 1,750, while an additional 500 were counted in areas west of the town. Overcoming heavy rains and attendant bad roads, two Japanese detachments attacked the Chinese, who held strategically superior areas west of Paitanhui. Taken from the rear, the Chinese were said to have fled in confusion, These Chinese forces, consisting principally of the 158th Division of the old Kwangtung Provincial Army augmented by the newly-organized 187th Division. were recently forced io move from the coastal regions in eastern Kwangtung to the proximity of the Japanese lines by the pressure exerted upon them by the Desertion Prevention units of the Central Army. The 158th Division was commanded by Gen. Tseng Vu Domei.
Conquest of Hainan
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