the Chinese have recaptured over seventy important tow! fidence right throughout the country, arousing opti m and con-declared the Chinese military spokesman today Despite these reported success: the spokesman stated, the Chinese had not launched the it general counter-offensive, The present military object of the Chinese." the spokesman ided, "is to n use of the mountainous re to draw the Japanese further inland to draw the.main body of the Japanese further inland to certain areas where their superior equipment will be useless to them,'
When that moment arrives. the Chinese armies will deliver a serious emy, aradualty wearing The 31s Chinese Division, operat tion with three. others ug strength ort these new tactics, which uve advantageous {0 our troops, have idualiy been beginning to take shape."
Among the towns nese claim to have re cording, the. spokesman, Kwangtung; Kaoan, the spokesman de-
Revie, ing the developments in the military situation near' Canton, the spokesman recalled that Chinese re= inforeem" ts had. beet brought south from the latter part of March. April 5, Japanese scouts reported the pearance of the Chinese 57th Division in the neighbourhood of 49 kilometres north of me Canton-Hankow Rail had been made on Kaifeng ana Tus issu, i Honan, Nankung. in Hopet and. Anise, Hstahsien and Juichen im Shansi. Many of these, the spokes mnian added, were of "high strategic Not only: did these reported sue cosses show the high morale of tie Chinese troops, the spokesman went fu, but also the weakness of Japanese have de. tions for general he concluded, "but the Wis not yet"—Reuter, Tokyo.
Ape Ten days after Its start. the Chinese "april Often ye" in North Chuna has been shaft if dispatches reaching here from various points indicated, Not only have the Japanese frustrate" ed Chinese attenspts to recapture key points, the reports claimed, but they have inflicted. tosses of 10,000 killed Upon the attackers from the period of April 10 to 20.
Gen. Vu Hsueh-chung, commander. incehiet of the Chinese forees in Shi tune and Kiangsu. dispatches said
along the Tientsin-Pukow aitenpted to Invade Shantuns area! eve near Suhsien, Further west, Gen, Sun Liensehuns Gen, Sun Tang-hsvan were Higged to have sought tw cross the areas north cheng.
he' cent consisting prineip 149th Divisio ud east of Tseng-1ed, Chinese troops. ly of the 15ist and supported by parts of the Istnd a id 108th Divisions. began preparations for " southern AL about the same time.
Mopping-up Successful
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