Several thousand. guerilla" wore scattered with heavy losses in mopping-up drives by Japanese {ehments in. widely-separated areas North, and Central China. during the past few days, Japanese military authorities stated yesterday.
wedding ceremony for the son a guerilla chief was interrupted then "3 Sapanese garrison at Wull= tien, in south-eastern Honan, launched 2 surprise aitacke in the vicinity of Yuanieiawan, 18 kilometres north-east of Sinyang_ on. the, Peiping-Hankow Railway. "The guerillas and wedding feste fied pell jell, leaving 20 dead find quantities of arms and ammuni= ton.
'South of the Yangtze a, Japanese detachment at Shawel, 20" kilometres orth of Tungcheng in south-eastern Hupeh near the Hunan-Kiangs! bord engaged about 130 guerillas and put them to' Might Forty' guerillas Mempted 'a counter-attack "in. the evening. but were repulsed.
"Japanese troops garrisoned at Siaochikov, opposite. Kiukiang, repulsed attack by about 2000" guerillas Srmed "with trench mortars and machine uns, "Though the Chinese outnumbered the Japanese troops. 20 fovone they were routed after a battle listing one' hour, according to a message from Kiukiang.
'Guerilias in this area, were Communists. with, a. base of "operations hear Susung, 49 kilometres north-east of Siagehikow. Mopping-up opera tions "against' them were' being con-ope failed 60 gueri "Japanese troops killed 60 guerilla and captured 12 ina clash with 200, north-east of Quinsan, Ten zifes and a quantity "of ammunition were cap: tured.
Another Japanese garrison attacked a force of guerillas near Int, Maotal, West of Changhsing, south-west of Take Tal, and. dispersed them with heavy losses, a menage from Nanking sated.
"A Jepanese detachment operating in pel captured Howkow, an impportant town on the left bank of the Puyang 'River, after. routing about 1500 fuerilias' on Wednesday. morn= ing recording toa message from [Catholic convictions, Gen. Li Wel-yeh, a divisional commander of the Chinese Nationalist forces, recently surrendered to the with 465 trusted men, it here today.
Gen. Li and his followers have been incorporated into the Anti-Communist Vigilance Committee of the Federated Autonomous Government of Mongolin, Before his surrender to the Japan-Jose, Gon. Li executed eight of" his staff officers who advocated ce-oper tion with the Communists and weed-Jet! out all unreliable elements out of 3,000 men under his command. He then submitted to the Japanese, together with his trusted followers.
Gen, Li was active against the Sapanese forces under Gen. Mia Chan-shan and Gen. Fu Ts>-yi, in charge fof the defence of China's noi western provinces—Domei.
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