Branding as absolutely false Chung. king reports that 130,000 out of 150,- 000 Japanese soldiers were killed in the action to the north-east of Hankow, the Japanese military spokesman yesterday asser.ed that the claim inaucaved a desperate attempt "to cover up their disas.rous defeat."
The spokesman remarked that the Chungking authorities, when issuing the news, added three zeros "o tne total. He recalled that the fighting in this area was covered by a communique issued last Saturday by the Press Section of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces to Central China. Chinese losses are increasing, he added.
Briefly summarizing the action during the first ten days of this month, the spokesman declared that the Chungking forces left 13,000 dead on the field and that the Japanese captured 1,500 prisoners, six cannon, 14 machine-guns and 2,300 rifes as well as other arms and munitions, Questioned as to whether or not he thought that this was one of the biggest battles of the China Incident, the spokesman smiled and said, "I don* think 3o."
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