The Archive · 1937

Japanese Aircraft Kept Busy

Low Ceiling No Deterrent To Raiders Despite a low ceiling and poor visibility, Japanese naval aircraft continued bombing activities especially near Nanziang and Soochow, and in Pootung, the headquarters of the Japanese Fleet announced at nine o'clock yesterday morning.

Five Chinese machine-gun and antiaircraft gun emplacements near Nanziang, the communique said, were bombed by the Japanese planes, while twenty to thirty junks loaded with military supplies on a creek near Soochow were "destroyed."

Soochow station, the announcement added, was also bombed by the attacking aircraft.

Referring to the bombing of Pootung on Tuesday, the communique said that Japanese planes bombed: Chinese military positions in Changchiakou, Wangkantou, and Kaohangchen, near the Shengchiapen Creek.

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