Nanking, Oct. 6.
Japanese forces today' were in control of the Grand Canal, linking Peiping to the Yangtze, following two days of operations in western Kiang-ssu to establish contact between the forces of the North China command with those from Central China, 'With the entry of forces attached to the Central China Expeditionary Force into Paoying on' Tuesday evening, the entire waterway was cleared of Chinese troops, a com= munique issued lost might by the Tapanese headquarters here stated.
"The Chinese, the communique said, fed abandoning 880 dead, while 170 others were taken prisoner. Taken by the Japanese forces were one armed Jaunch, one steamboat, two trench mortars, two heavy machine guns, one trench mortar ammunition carrier, four light machine guns, 410 rifles, 660 hand grenades, about 60,500 rounds of rifle ammunition, one wireless set, fifteen field telephones and other equipment, the announcement added, Japanese losses were given as very slight."
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