Operations have been launched by the Japanese Army and Navy against the pirates of Lake Tai, a spokesman for the Army announced yesterday morning.
Reinforced by irregulars and dispossessed farmers, the notorious pirates have recently resumed their depredations, the officer revealed.
Meanwhile, other Army wi have engaged over the week-end in extensive operations against stragglers roaming the area south of Soochow, on the banks of Lake Tai.
The bands, whose total strength
4,000 men, have been "rounded up." was estimated by the spokesman. at "Mopping up" operations were also progress in the past few da: in the area between Chinkiang, Nanking and Kuyung, where about 200 Chinese stragglers have been
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