Canton, Nov. 12.
Bands of Chinese guerillas harrassing Japanese troops and communication lines along the Canton-Kowloon Railway east of Canton and south of the East River have been completely routed with heavy losses, Japanese military authorities claimed today.
A force of 700 guerillas armed trench mortars and automatic rifles fied from the railway zone, leaving 200 dead and quantities of ammunition.
Irregulars comprising part of the 158th Division of the Kwangtung Army, a special service battalion from Tsengcheng and Tungkun, part of the 35th Corps from Tungkun, and a number of armed civilians, had been active in the area south of the East River.
Order was being restored rapidly in the areas under Japanese occupa-lion, military authorities, announced. Publication of a Chinese language newspaper was started yesterday under the supervision of the Japanese (Continued on page 8)
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