Yet another column, he said, had "crushed" 2,000 remnants of the Chinese ith Division at about 3 o'clock fon May 23 at a point 90 kims. south of Yungcheng, causing the Chinese retreat in confusion to the west, abandoning 100 dead, innumerable" prisoners had been taken together with a large quantity of arms, he claimed, Operating between Yungcheng and Menghsien, a Japanese force at 1030 g'elock on the morning of May 24, had defeated between 3,000 and 4000 Chinese, The unit reached Paichuanche at 930 o'clock the same "Fo the east of the Tsinpu Rallvay, Japanese column detested a Chi: hose force of 1000 men at Kung. Santo, Bt Kime east of the line and So kims. north-est of Suhsien, "on Bay 24,
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