The Archive · 1939

Kiangsu Operations

During the period from February '2&4, when a Japanese detachment slated operations in north-eastern, Kiangsu, up to March 5, when Yao-ying on the Grand Canal fell into Japanese hands, 6117 Chinese were Slain, Japanese military authorities here' claimed today.

During this campaign the Japanese captured Hwalyin on February 28 and Hwalan in the morning of March 1.

Booty included 63 rifes, 30 machine guns of Czechoslovakian' make, six trench mortars, 105 horses, 18 motor Domei. cars and three anti-tank guns

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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