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The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Chinese Legation84
Nanking, February 10, 1933.
General Tang Yu-lin, Governor of Jehol, sent to the Ministry a detailed account of the recent clashes between the Chinese and the Japanese in Jehol as follows:
- (1)
- In the morning of January 31, a Japanese army plane reconnoitered over Chifeng and Chichieh for about ten minutes and flew away toward the southeast. At nine o’clock in the morning of February 2, two Japanese army planes reconnoitered over Chaoyang and disappeared northward. Simultaneously, a Japanese armored car came to Chaoyang for repairs and left after a short period. An hour later, a Japanese armored motor car came from Chaoyang along the railway to the positions of the Twelfth Company of the Chinese Forces at Nanlin. A clash between the two forces followed during which the Chinese repulsed calmly but gallantly with rifles the Japanese machine gun attack. On the same day, a Japanese armored car launched an attack upon Peipiao which was severely repulsed by the Chinese sentry stationed there. On February 3, a Japanese army plane flew low over Chaoyang and subsequently disappeared to the northeast.
- (2)
- The deaths resulted from the battle at Kailu on January 26 were found to consist of one Japanese artillery officer, one artillery soldier, three machine gunners, and thirty-three privates, in addition to ten wounded soldiers and four planes destroyed. It was also found that the attackers were a branch unit consisting of several hundred Japanese soldiers and about three thousand bogus government troops. Owing to their repeated repulses by the Chinese and the heavy casualties inflicted upon them, these units of Japanese and bogus government troops were transferred to other places, their positions at Tungliao being filled by other units.
- (3)
- A telegraphic report from Kailu dated February 6 stated that about three hundred Japanese soldiers, several hundred Mongolian cavalry soldiers and some thirty heavy transport carts were advancing toward the north of Tungliao and that the Japanese troops stationed at Yu-Lian-Pao were likely to attack Pa-Shien-Tung.
- Translation of telegram transmitted to the Department by the Chinese Legation on February 11.↩