The Archive · 1941

Further Operations

Foochow, Apr, 27.

Chinese forces, lett 210 dead during yesterday's and today's Japanese at~ Tacks. against Chinese troops around Foochow, Army authorities here revealed today. Japanese forees also made prisoner 360 and capture four trench mortars, On the other hand, oper Japanese casualties numbered four dead and two wounded.

Tt was oflelally disclosed that Japanese forees which carried out mopping-up operations in different sectors around Foochow, rat, at "Paisha, 25 kilometres above Foochow on the Min River, routed 600 Chinese troops, who left behind 20 dead, while to Japanese were killed; secondly, a point 20 kilometres east of Foochow, Japanese action resulted in 40 Chinese dead, while 4 trench mortars, were captured as Japanese units dis-Jodged and routed the stubborn re-untrenched in and thirdly, Japanese units in the north, 25 idlometres north of Foochow ' encircled and smash hela ta Chinese ed teaving 150 dead at th fame time Japanese casalties. Our fered yo deta and two wounded Domes Chinese Recapture Huangyen

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