In addition, the naval air force, the spokesman said, bombed and strafed Chinese positions on the Shanghai front, both in Chapei and Pootung, und had also attacked Chinese military concentrations.
Also bombed were a locomotive shed, a warehouse used to store military supplies and freight cars Hectic Night Nanking experienced an extremely hectic night as a result of two raids by Japanese planes.
On both occasions the populace, warned by the screeching of sirens, hastily forsook their warm beds for the cold but safer refuge of their dug-outs.
The explosions of bombs and the thunder of anti-aircraft fire created a terrific din during the raids.
The first visit took place at 220 this morning, when over ten bombs were dropped outside the south-east gate, apparently intended for the China aerodrome at Kwanghuamen. One big fire was started, but it was extinguished after blazing for ten minutes.
The Chinese warships off Hsiakwan, Nankings Bund, turned on their searchlights and combed the skies for the invaders, who quickly lett.
The second occurred at 4 am, and this time heavy dropped in the east city tions of the missiles bombs were y, the detonashaking the entire capital, The alarm was again sounded at 5 o'clock, but the "all-clear" was immediately given when it was established that Chinese pursuit Foreign Party Attacked by Planes Nanking, Oct. 19.
Japanese bombing planes machine-gunned a motoring party of foreigners this morning near Soochow. Leaving Shanghai for Nanking in two motor cars at 6 o'clock this morning, the party including Lieutenant Fran-Cisco Ribezzi, Italian Naval Attache, was attacked by three planes at 9.18 o'clock. Swooping down upon the cars by turn, ihe planes opened fire with machineguns, filling the cars with bullet holes.
All the occupants, who had hurriedly left their cars and sought refuge when they found out they were being pursued by the Japanese machines, escaped without injury. The party arrived in Nanking late this afternoon.
Included in the party besides the Italian Naval Attache were Mr.
Fittinghoff, Herr Hirschberg, son of the local German physician, Dr. Hirschberg, and Mr. S. T. Wei, Mansver of the Nanking Internationa. Club—Central News. planes which went up shortly after the first raid to engage the invaders were returning to their.—Reuter
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