Chungking, June 28. The reasons for the withdrawal of the Chinese from Swatow were explained by a military spokesman at a press conference here yesterday.
The Japanese armaments had been so superior to the Chinese and the strategical position given so advantageons for the Japanese forces that it had been impossible for the Chinese to hold the town. The flat country around Swatow had enabled the Japanese to make the most efficient use of their modern artillery, which the Chinese had been unable to oppose with the old fortress guns at their disposal. A In addition, the Chinese had been exposed to attack from land and sea for in order not to interfere with the shipping, the harbour of Swatow had not been closed with a boom which had been in readiness and the Japanese had therefore been able to land about 1,000 sailors and several formations of troops to attacks the Chinese defenders.
Apart from the troops which-had reached Swatow from the sea, the Japanese had employed about 10,000 men in the operations against Swatow, the Chinese spokesman asserted.
The spokesman finally reiterated the Chinese claim that the occupation of Swatow did not affect the military situation—Trans-Ocean.
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