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AIR RAIDS IN .... CHIXA ...... _♦ i ' HUGE CIVILIAN DEATHROLL STATEMENT ’iO LEAGUE OF NATIONS (tnrtttb rim *mocutto»— coptsioirr.) (Received. September 18, 8.30 p.m.y GENEVA. September 17. Dr. T. Wellington Koo (Chinese delegate) has informed the League that 10,482 Chinese civilians wefre killed and 13,309 wounded in the course of 2204 Japanese air raids between August and March, while 92,087 buildings were destroyed. Aid raids since March killed five to six thousand civilians in various towns. Dr. Wellington Koo’s charges include widespread massacre and rape. A message from Nanking states that the International Relief Com-: mission has estimated that violence by Japanese soldiers has caused 5400 deaths. STRATEGIC TOWN OCCUPIED ■ ii " + i * JAPANESE TAKE WUSUEH (Received September 18, 8.30 p.m.) TOKYO, September 17. Under the protection of a bombardment by warships and aircraft, Japanese marines, supported by a land force, occupied the strategic town of Wusueh, 100 tnilcfc southeast of Hankow. CHINESE VERSION OF FIGHTING INDECISIVE MOUNTAIN ENGAGEMENTS ASSOCIAITtOB ; WELLINGTON, September 17, . The Chinese Consul has received th« following cablegram from Hankow: — '■ ‘‘There was severe fighting on tne | whole sector on the Tabei mountain range. Two divisions of Japanese troops from several routes [attempted to capture Whang-chuen and Shouchen. The Chinese killed 30 of the enemy. ~ “.On the arrival of reinforcements, e Chinese counter-attacked at jshih. There was no change after vere fighting at Whangamei and ivangtal and »the Chinese still cupy elevated positions between ese two places.”