the present Japanese campaign in Honan, the Chinese casualties have been about 10,000 while the Japanese casualties have been 71 according to earliest despatches from the front, announced the army spokesman' at the Japanese press conference here yesterday. He said the object of the Japanese forces is not simply to occupy towns, for the campaign is a mobile one and as soon as one town is captured, the troops move on.
The campaign has not stretched out into Anhwei province, the spokesman said. In answer to another question, he stated that the Japanese troops in Ichang are the ones who occupied the city originally and do not include any new arrivals from the northern war front.
Although not yet completed, the campaign in Honan is progressing rapidly and satisfactorily, the army spokesman indicated.
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