The Japanese are believed not to have in excess of 80,000 troops in Kwangtung: possibly 69,000 would be nearer the correct gute, and consequently they cannot, even If they cared to, hold every large town. It stands to reason however that Chinese Irregulars must be quite active under such circumstances. Several times they have made inroads that have Drought them almost to the environs People here could hear the more! distant reports of heavy. artillery. a few days back, and those returning from Namhol say this had to do with sortie made by' 1.000 guerillas under the ex robber chief, Hoh Tuen, who coveted. the town of Shawaan, At the first onrush, so they report, the' Japanese lost more than did the Chi ese in killed and wounded, but after struggle of three days the attack-Ing party had to retire. and in their retreat they lost heavily. "Simultan oonsly a party of gueritias launched fan attack on another large town, Szkiu, but before long, it also broke down, Mutual Control of Keonshan And so it goes. Whenever the irregulars come to know that a place held by a small force they creep up and attack. Invariably they lose the tong run, because they have nothing better' than machine-guns reply to the Japanese field artillery. 'The Japanese captured Koonshan, on the West River carly this month, but because they have too small a force' there they have kept their garrison in a fortified camp well outside the settlement. Men who recently passed through Koonshan tell of seeing, guerillas carrying the Chinese colours Being through streets of Koonshan in broad daylight; other times they' have seen Japanese patrols passing] through the same streets.
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