Scores Killed and Many Others Wounded: Chinese Shoot Down Several Planes Front Ov Oww Comsroxoest Canton, Aug. 31 Canton and Shinkwan' got thole fest taste of armed combat at dawn to-day. separate Japanese sir. squa~ dlrons giving the two cities a deluxe of deadly missiles. AN Toast 40 are dead and ten to fifteen were wounded inthe northern Kwanglung town Evidently nine machines. skirted the. Kiangsi-Kwanglung frontier, and {hey were dropping their bombs over the Kulekong sled bridge before anybody knew" they "were "anywhere about, Three big projectiles were Tet fail, but marksmanship was bad, they Getgnating in the river, and _the bridge was not even seraiched. The aim. must have been disturbed by the antiaircraft guns which the re-lars stationed at the bridge brought Into play.
'Next the nine flew right over Shin ewen and Ju passing they took a few shels at. the aerodrome, the bombs falling' wide of their mark. Out of vengeance for the Zune tattered about 'Were then released. promiscuoi 'The Central Hotel was one of the refuge posts to which the citizens Shinkwan. wore to resort in case fan ale raid." Many' were Jus hen a bomb fell nto the street, and 40'are reported as dead. This Is the Dggest Tots of life 20 far in the aerial warfare In South China, Nobody was around when another bom made a bullseye on the tele graph office. "st was left a. shambles.
this Is' the only worthwhile accomplishment of the Japanese airmen 0 leader of the 18th Chinese sir squa-fron that brought Gown this Jepan-
When the enemy's pursuit plane wean brought "down by antclferafl {untro: Near the Boced Tigris Forts fu the "Pearl River, the tree on Soard toot to their parachutes them reached the grand. all ight Snd''were tinaly found hiding In 8 niece ond'made prisoners these we disasters of the enemy have been pretty well ver lea. tis furthermore claimed that one pur salt lane was cut of from the main body thet it hed to turn and take. ure toad Walch onthe Bast of commission, and came down, On Rivers Near that eily 1 was put out
rounding ite three occupants opened ip with their machinegun, But soon Sivrendered when Waichow "guards came wD.
'AL noon yesterday six, Japanese aeroplanes (Gok of from the eacriet fud lew to the county seat of Chao Ting County, which is near the Pullen oust The' Dace part of the Magis: tracy caved in from a bomb atsck and ie guards were laid for, but is"beloved all wil survive Nearer the Kanga dividing lines ies the county of Pingyven. and after fishing thie work a¢ Chacling the enemy "went fo" its county" seat They were atier the telegraph free in this case. and one bomb ws algectea at I, but it mused entely, Setking "a, "Yoad. and. Telling. ons Peasant: Fortunately the telegraph tices on the edge of the town, oF casalties might have been arester.
Cartier Launches From the big carrier standing by off Nane, an island near the shore Just about where Fukien and Kwang {uing' meet, two Yombers and. four
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