Windy" Mead, manager of the Standurd Vacuum Oil Company, who eye-witnessed both raids from the top of Socony Hill, declared that "in the st raid twelve Jppanese planes bombed Tiger Hill Fort downriver."
"Because of the great distance," he id, "it was Impossible to. tell the effect of the bombing, but in the second raid T could watch the whole bombing plainly. The Japanese ralders bombed the Pukow railway station from a rear height, Though many bombs were dropped, none hit the station, "The bombs generally felt 200 yards off their mark, Many fell into the Yangtze River, while' some hit coal yards and godowns north and south
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the station, which was not dam-'Although Nanking was warned by sirens of both raids, the capital had only a distant glimpse of the invaders, as their earlier activities appeared to be confined to bombing points 13 miles downriver. It was subsequently. discovered that they attacked Chinese naval vessels off Pakachow, below Swallow Rod 'The alarm sounded at 10 o'clock and was followed by a second alarm ten_minutes later, 'As soon as the alarm—sounded, Chinese -merchantmen, of Hsi fin mediately steamed' up_ riv maining approximately five niles from Nanking to, avoid the bombing. Chinese pursuit planes were obser= ved to be leisurely reconnoitring up and down along the Yangtze river to watch the further movements of the Invaders. The all clear signal was sounded at 11 o'clock, tsinpu Railway Objective After only an hour's respite, Nan-sing: was visited again at noon when note than ten Japanese planes stag-oda second raid. 'They came from the north-east and, when they' refelled a. paint above Pukow, elreled Teund in single Mile and," power diving, dropped bombs one atter the ther, probably aiming at, the Flontsin-ukow "railway. They the Zoomed. Up and disappeared. towards ihe "north-east, Ten minutes after {he conclusion of the second raid the Glarm. was asin sounded, but proved to be false Four Chinese pursuit planes went up five minutes after the alarm was sounded. They returned at 1250 afler cruising above Nanking in a sky which was clear of invaders since 12.40, i 'Meanwhile, the formation of thir. teen Japanese machines was sighted shove Chuyung, Lishul and Tangtt at 2 o'clock this, afternoon, according to a report received at' Aviation Headquarters. After bombing these places, the visitors left in the diree~ tion of Wuhu.
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