Shanghai, Mar. 7.
'NELICTING heavy losses upon the Chinese, who abandoned 35)
times as many dead as Japanese were killed, troops of the Japanese Shanghai Area command achieved "important results" during February in areas south of the Yangtze river, a Japanese] military spokesman declared here yesterday.
Against 173 Japanese killed in action, the Chinese abandoned 5,996 dead, while 867 others were taken prisoner, the spokesman sai Operating principally: outside the Jine extending from Anking to Wuhu and thence 10 Hangchow, the Japanese forces staged 228" encounters against an aggregate number of 70,000 Chinese effectives, he continued, The Japanese" campaigns were aimed ai Chinese regular troop con Centrations on the fringe of the Chi-neve Third War Zone, as well as against irregulars within the Japanese-controlled area, As a result, of these operations, coupled with the tivities of various Chinese agencies lurider the "Reformed Government the spokesman slated. "peace and order were being rapidly. restored over a Wide zone.
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