"The results of this engagement were that the Chinese sustained 30,000 killed. "About, October 6, the Japan-Jose forces, in' the main, had already returned, on their way back to their former positions. before. launching. these operations. The purpose of this Jcombined offensive was to prevent the [Chinese maintaining any effective Jarmed forees in the area and not to take cities and territory.
"That Chinese troops should follow into places that have been evacuated by the Japanese is only natural ad Jany Chinese claims of victory can be attributed to the fact that they are walking in where there are 2 JJapanes soldiers. This operation is. ju its nature, similar to the one ea: ied out by the Japanese forces in the Han River' area where heavy Hosses were inflicted on the Chinese and the Japanese troops only remain-fed in-ihat area for the purpose of the operation."
The spokesman conclude by giving figures of Chinese losses of men and Jmaterial, the former, he stated, Jamounting to 60000 "dead found abandoned on the battlefield. About J40 Chinese divisions took pari.in the JAghting, he added. "Asked how many men had been Jost in the Japanese Torees, the spokesman said. their losses would be published later.
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