Nanking, Sept. 20.
China's capital this morning faced another terrific bombardment from the air by 50 Japanese planes, the second mass aerial attack made on Nanking in two days.
Sirens were sounded shortly after 10 o'clock, and about 15 minutes later the raiders appeared in the sky. The "all clear" signal was given more than two hours later.
At the time of wiring. it has been definitely established that four of the Japanese planes were shot down, two in the vicinity of the Purple Mountain, one near Chihsigshan, and the fourth one at Kiangyin.
The four Chinese airmen responsible for shooting down the four Japanese planes were learned to be Lo Yi-chin, Liu Tsui-kang. Tung Ching-hsiang and Yuan Po-keng.
Both Lo Yi-chin and Liu Tsui-kang had up to the end of August registered the record of having shot down four Japanese planes each since hostilities broke out between the air forces in Shanghai on August 14.
Shortly after the aerial engagement, all the Chinese pursuit planes, except one, safely returned to their base., The missing plane, it was ascertained about an hour later, had also returned safely.
The number of Japanese aircraft brought down yesterday in their mass attack on the capital has been increased from seven to eight with the Soochow. Central News. discovery of one wrecked nei (Continued on page 6) of the day, After chatting briefly with fellow officers on the Customs Jetty, General Beaumont entered a motor car wi! Col. Price and drove off. while the business of unloading equipment from the tender and loading it on to trucks continued. General Beaumont is establishing his brigade headquarters at 65 Gordon Road.
Unexpected Return General Beaumont never expected to return to Shanghai when he left here on May.9, 1930. He is known to have said as he was departing "Well, that's the last PIL see of Shanghai."
On leaving his command here in 1936, Gen. Beaumont, then a colonel, went home to the United States via Siberia, visiting Europe and London on the way. After a brief stay in New York he went to Washington D.C. where he was stationed at the Marine Headquarters for about eight months.
Promoted to the rank of Brigadier General he was then sent to San Diego to take command of the 2nd Marine Brigade. Since that time until the present crisis in China, Gen, Beaumont was stationed at San Dio California's naval and military ase.
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