Guerillas Kaifeng, July 4 Expecting a stiff battle with 2,000 Chinese troops concentrated in the city, Japanese detachments surrounded Teaochow, in south-western Shantung province, and launched a vigorous assault yesterday morning, but were surprised to find that the foe had evacuated the night before.
The town was captured with scarcely any fighting, at 8 o'clock yesterday morning.
Occupation of the town was experted to deal a hard blow to Chinese forees in Shantung, as the region is well supplied with food and provisions, The town was used os a supply distribution base for Chinese from onan provinee—Domei.
Peiping, July 5.
Mopping-up operations' in south Shantung since the beginning of June have been so successful that several Chinese units have been annihilated, according to a field dispatch received here today.
Japanese troops made successful attacks also in the Lienshui and Hwalyin ditriets, north-east of Lake Hungtse in northern Kiangsu provines, the message aid, Operations have shifted to the high-Jands between Taian and the western border of Shantung, and south Tungehang, where an extensive cam paign is under way, the dispatch Stated 'About 10,000 Chinese have built trenches in that region. 'They comprise 1,000 guerillas led by Kai Sheushan in the Yangku district, 2,000 men led by Wang Chin-hsiang' in the Chaocheng district, the 27th Corps led by Ho Wang-hua in Puhsien, 1,100 men commanded by Feng Shen-peng in the district south-west of Tunga, 1,000 men of the Eighth Route Army commanded by Yang Tst-ming north and north-west of Yencheng, 600 men of the Eighth Route Army, and strag-lers south of Yenching—Domei Hankow, July 9.
'Three Japanese detachments attacking from two directions routed about 1,000 guerillas in the mountains east of Kweikowshih, 20 kilometres north Tungeheng in' south-eastern Hupeh Province, according to a field dispatch reaching here yesterday.
Commanders of the Japanese wi its received information last Thursday that the guerillas were planning an attack on Tungcheng. The clash in the mountains lasted 40 minutes, The Chinese retreated eastward, leaving 48 killed.
Two other Japanese detachments completed a mopping-up drive against stragglers in the district southwest of Tungeheng. A guerilla band in the mountains south of Pehkang, 14 kilometres northwest of Tungeheng, was wiped out—Domei, Taiyuan, July Three Japanese detachments tured. Tsinyuan in. southern Sh: at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon, according to 9 field dispatch received here today. Occupation of the city brought to completion mopping-up operations against guerillas in the region. Gueril Jas had been operating around Hanhhungchen and Kuotungehen, north of
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