uly. 22, "Japanese bluejackets wito landed on Santu Island at the port of Santuao off the northwestern Fukien const yesterday morning, pierced into Sheutsun near the port at_2 ban. after having engaged and broken the resistance of Chinese regular army forces concentrated there," said an announcement issued aday by the Japanese South China Seas Fleet Command.
Japanese warships, naval aircraft ce-operated with the bluejackets in these operations, It was added.
"Japanese—bluejackets entirely leaned up the area of Chungking regulars by yesterday evening, destroying enemy establishments" and means of transport," the communl=
Details regarding the recent opera tions "carried out by the Japanese naval forees around the strategic sea coast of Chinghai, on the southern bank of Hanyehow Bay. were revealed by a spokesman of the Japan-Jere Navy at yesterday afternoon's press conference.
In the Chinghai area where naval] leperations were commenced at dawn se bluejackets blew.
seven Zi-centimetre guns, one 18. centimetre gun, eight 16-centimetre guns and three' 12-centimetre guns, {the spokesman. revealed. He added that the retreating enemy had. left behind 9,700 kilograms of powder.
Among the batteries destroyed were three wooden guns of about 20-centimicire calibre. At one of the ports captured, the Japanese found. 150 hand grenades and 3,000 kilograms of explosives while at {wo other places, the Japanese discovered two foreign-made searehlighs of 150-centimetre diameter.
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