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Statements made by Chinese prisoners revealed that the defeated Chinese force was mainly composed of the newly-formed 10th Division and some from the Sist and 58th Divisions. It originally numbered over 5,000 men, the reports stated.
According to the prisoners, the newly-formed 10th Division was composed of a group of farmers recently arrived from Yunnan. Encountering the Japanese on their way to reinforce the Chinese at Nanchang, they were crushed on their first fight, the reports said. They were not aware of the fall of Nanchang nor of the general war situation in Kiangsi, according to the field dispatches.
Japanese war booty taken in the campaign included 92 rifes, eight Brenn guns and a large amount of rifle ammunition. The Chinese abandoned 800 dead in their retreat, the reports stated—Domei.
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