Canton, Feb, 1.
The celebration of Chinese New Year Day in Canton was marked by one of the must severe air raids experienced for weeks.
The attackers concentrated in the vicinity of Whampoa where, according to foreign reports, they dropped bombs one after another for a period of ien minutes The amount of damage done has not yet been ascertained, The explosion of bombs was audible even in distant Shameen, where buildings were shaken, No planes were visible from Shameen at the time of the raid, although later two passed to the west of Canton flying in a northerly direc-Yon, The American river gunboat Mindanao, however, reported that about fifteen Japanese "planes flew over her meat Tiger Island as she was returning to Canton from Hongkong, The "planes, which appeared to be heading for Whampoa, were flying at a height of about 2,000 feet, amd on their appearance over the gunboat, the crew were ordered to general quarters,—Reuter.
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