The Archive · 1941

Three Japanese Generals Reported Killed

Chungking, Apr. 3.

Questioned at this' afternoon's press conference regarding ports of three Japanese generals +killed in action in the Kiangsi fighting, the Chinese military spokesman declared that according to information obtained from Japanese prisoners Lieut.- General Aga, commander of the division which formed the main body" of the Japanese drive towards Shankao was killed in action, while Major-General Iwanaga, commander of infantry units on the Shankao front, and also Major-General Ikeda; commander of a Japanese detachment—which pushed southward across the River Chin from Nanchang was wounded in battle, Confirma~ tion is said to be still lacking.—Reuter. was said, in the vicinity of Kao An, which was also recaptured by Chinese forces.

The *Seao Tang Tao," organ the Chinese army, hails the victories in Kiangsi, Kiangsu and Hupeh as showing the growing strength of the Chinese army, and also as demonstrating the inability of the Japanese army to make further headway China—Reuter,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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