Canton, Dec. 28.
Several thousand Chined> troops operating in the areas north-east of the Canton-Hankow Railway in Kwangtung province were routed yesterday afternoon by Japanese forces.
Chinese forces lost at least 1,000 vad ín the encounters. Japanese forces captured 100 prisoners and large" quantities of ammunition.
Routed by the Japanese forces were Chinese troops belonging to the 151th, 186th, and 159th Divisions, the Independent 20th Brigade and the 2nd Group Army.
Meantime earlier in the week near Shatin, 22 kilometres south-west of Sinfeng north of Lungmoon in northeastern Kwangtung, at least one-fifth of a force of 1,00 Chinese troops were killed when a Japanese detachment made a surprise raid. Assisted by Japanese army air units, Japanese ground forces routed the others.
At the same time three other Japanese units were pursuing Chinese forces in the vicinity of Lutinyum.—Domei.
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