The Archive · 1937

Japanese Announce Casualties

More Than 1,400 Killed and 4,169 Wounded The military spokesman announced at the Japanese press conference yesterday that the Japanese Army casualties between the beginning of their entering hostilities and September 21, amounted to 1,412 killed and 4,169 wounded, By way of comparison with the last list published, for the period ending September 13, it will be noted that much heavy fighting must have ensued, inasmuch as the totals on that date were 905 killed and 2574 wounded. In other words more than one-half as many were killed in eight days fighting as in the previous 21 days, while the number of wounded for eight days "was 1595 as compared to just over 2,500 for the Longer opening period,

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