Nanking, Oct. 16.
Seventeen Japanese ' aeroplanes raided Nanking this afternoon, consisting of three heavy bombers and 14 pursuit planes. The pursuit planes flew at a great height to protect the bombers, whose projectiles landed near the aerodrome outside Kwang-hua men. The detonations were audible for miles, while the explosions sent up huge columns of smoke. "All Clear" was given in the capital at 330 pin. Later in the afternoon the alarm was again sounded when five heavy bombers came cruising up and down the Tientsin-Pukow Railway line apparently to bomb trains and bridges. Failing to locate their objectives, the machines dropped their bombs on the empty aerodrome et Hofei in Anhwei Province, north of Chao lake. Four Chinese pursuit planes went up but failed to meet the raiders.—Reuter.
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