Hainan Island, June 10, The Press Section of the Japanese South China Seas Fleet revealed in communique issued yesterday that Vice-Admiral Shigetaro. Shimada, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese China Seas Fleet, "paid a visit to the Island for inspection purposes,"
Tt was disclosed that Vice-Admiral Shimada, at 2.30 p.m, yesterday in= spected the headquarters of a Japanese unit which has been policing sectors in northern Hainan, He also reviewed the situation at the front, it_was revealed, Successes in mopping up operations carried out by the Japanese naval forces against Chungking remnants on Hainan Island since the Japanese capture of the Island in February last year, were reviewed in a com= munique issued by the Press Section of the Japanese South China Seas Fleet yesterda; Much Booty According to the announcement the enemy left 4,800 dead abandoned on various fields of battle, Booty cap~ tured by the Japanese, the com= munique revealed, included 300 machine guns, 4,000 rifles as well large amounts of other arms and ammunition. Fourteen Japanese were killed and $6 wounded, the communique admitted, It was further revealed that 13,000 Chungking irregulars escaped into the hills. It was added, however, that these irregulars will be unable to cause any trouble because they will be sealed in the hills by virtue of a tight blockade and because of frequent punitive expeditions carried out by the Japanese forces, According to the communique, Japanese fought 600 Chungking troops Yorming the bodyguard of General Wang T, in the northeastern part of the Island, and succeeded in routing
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