Tokyo, Sept. 17.
Bodies of 22,704 Chinese troops were counted on battlefields as a result of Japanese military operations during August in North, Central and South China, according to a communique issued by the Army Section of the Imperial General Headquarters, JJapanese losses during the period were G45 killed, the statement said.
The number of Chinese troops en-waged by the Japanese was 307,291, Jot which 90,000. were on Central [China fronts, 12,550 in South China, jand 204,741 in North China. Japanese troops took 2,419 prisoners, according to the communique. Booty included two howitzers, 11 trench mortars, 11 heavy machine guns, 78 light machine guns and 3,802 rifles—Domel,
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