Taiyuan, Feb, 8.
'Two Japanese detachments killed 791 guerillas and captured 16 in mopping-up operations carried out for a week in "red districts" of eastern Shans! up to January 30, a Japanese Army officer' announced here last aight.
Operations of the Takimuto and Okigahara detachments in the Hoshun land Liaohsien districts were "highly
the campaign 26 battles were fought. aces the offer stated, uring HTte Japanese captured five machine Jguns, 41 rifles and a large quantity of Shangh:
Operating out of Hankow, both north and. south of the Yangize, Japanese forces slew at least 762 [Chinese troop remnants and guerillas during January, a Japanese Army Jspokesman said in Shanghai yesterday.
Japanese losses, he said, totalled 35 killed, and 107 wounded.
North of the river, the spokes declared, Japanese forces centring upon Hankow carried out. sixteen operations against a cumulative total Jot 6,070 Chinese. Sixty-four prisoners were taken, while booty included 454 rifles, two machine guns, two trench mortars, and 34, 170 rounds of rife Jammunition, 'Stubborn resistance was offered troops of the Communist 29th Division under Liu Po-cheng and the 115th Division. 'The Japanese experienced extreme' difficulty in obtaining water Jand it was later ascertained that the retreating red troops ordered villagers {to conceal the locations of wells. A motor road connecting Liachsien and Hoshun was obstructed by large piles lof stones. The Chinese were unable to destroy the road, which was built fby American missionaries, it was re-
Operations sntensitied Nanking, Feb. 7.
Intensifying their operations against [Chinese "mobile groups, Japanese troops have brought heavy pressure to bear upon their adversaries in areas surrounding Nanking, Japanese Joficers said here today.
In the last ten days of January, 32 /mopping-up operations carried out in this sector resulting inthe Jeapture of 25 Chinese prisoners, 96 rifles, 4.446 rounds of rifle ammunition, 1,080 hand grenades, one Czech machine gun and one pistol, The JChinese abandoned 250 dead. Japanese casualties were given as four Killed and four wounded.
On February 3, the Japanese gar-ison at Tienchang 50 kin. northwest of Yangchow, raided the camp of 130 Chinese troop remnants armed with trench mortars, heavy mac! and riftes, at Shinliang.
Putting' the Chinese to flight, the Japanese raiding unit seized a large thumber of rites and! much rifle am-
Staging a surprise attack upon a [Chinese guerilla band at Kweituanchen at dawn on February 4,2 Japan-jose force from Wuhu killed 40 Chinese and seized two wireless sets in addition to a large quantity of arms, was stated—Domei,
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