Simla, Sept, 20.
In addition to those who have previously communicated with the Viceroy, the Marquess of Linlithgow, nine rulers have telegraphed unreservedly placing their forces at the disposal of the King-Emperor in the event of war.
The Viceroy telegraphed appreciation of the offers of the nine rulers, who include the Maharajas of Gwalior, Jodhpur and Dungarpur, and the rulers of Kotah, Partabgarh, Danta, Sachin, Palanpur and Tonk.
Chinese casualties- in the two-week engagement in south-eastern Honan with Japanese troops which. culminated in the fall of Shangcheng and Kwangchow were placed by Japanese stof officers at 25,000, Domei dispatches from, the front stated yesterday.
This figure was arrived at by the finding of a total of 8,206 abandoned Chinese dead, the report said.
In the battle for Kwangchow, north-western tip of the Chinese defence triangle, the Chinese abandoned 1,359; dead, In addition equipment left behind included one trench mortar, 90 rounds of trench mortar —Reuter.
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