Canton, Feb. 4.
Japanese operations north-east of Nanning have entered their second stage with a large number of Chinese troops trapped within a Japanese cordon, the headquarters of the Japanese Expeditionary Force to South China announced in a communique issued here today.
Enormous casualties" had been in. flicted upon the Chinese both in encounters on the ground and as a losses, it said. were mounting daily. result of aerial bombardment. These (Continued on page 8, col, 3)
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