Canton, Nov. 25.
Operating west, north, east and south of Canton, Japanese troops this week inflicted heavy losses upon isolated Chinese units, varying in strength from 800 to 1,500 men, a communique issued here today by the headquarters of the Japanese Expeditionary Force to South China claimed.
Putting to rout 1,500 Chinese troops in engagements on Monday and Tuesday, the Japanese garrison at Tsung-fa, north-east of Canton, reached Lungtan. Chinese dead abandoned behind numbered more than 300, the announcement said.
Assisted by the air force, Japanese units operating out of Samshuij the important railhead west of Canton, dislodged Chinese troops from Yang-molping, eight kilometres north-east of Samshui, and from Pingkow, four kilometres south-west of Samshui, according to the communique. The total Chinese strength in this sector was placed at 800 men. Japanese losses were described as minor.
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