Abandoned by the retreating Chinese in the path of only one of the many Japanese advancing columns were 700 dead, one heavy gun, two motor trücks, five machine-guns, and thousands of rounds of rifle and machine-gun ammunition. Several Chinese Were also taken prisoner.
Wounded in the right thigh during ihe offensive, Kenju lino, commander of the detachment bearing his name, directed operations from a stretcher.
Meantime, fürther west in the direction of Wuning, Japanese troops
difficulties, augmented by continued were slowly surmounting the terrain rainfall, as they moved towards their objective silencing Chinese opposition on the way.
By yesterday afternoon, the Japanese line had advanced to heights south and north-west of Changlinkung, coupled with the complete occupation of Kwanlinshan.—Domei.
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