Tokyo, Sept. 24.
Chinese troóps in Centfal China resisting the Japanese advance towards the Wuhan cities suffered about 60,000 dead in the period of from August 20 to September 17, the Ármy Section of the Imperial General Headquarters announced in a communique made public here.
In the northern Tapieh Range front, in western Anhwei and southeastern Honan, the Chinese abandoned 11,100 dead from August 28 to Se tember 17, the announcement s Prisoners taken by the Japanese numbered 350, the communique stated. Material captured included 13 trench mortars, one field gun, 15 heavy machine-guns, 101 light machineguns.
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