Hankow, Mar. 15, The populace in Hankow experi-fenced a thrilling evening to-day when more than a dozen Japanese bombers staged a raid on what appeared to bbe the Hankow alr.steld, 'The sirens were sounded' at 50 pam. and an hour later the drone of Tapanese planes was clearly audible. 'Long before the planes appeared over, their objective, powerful searchlights had picked out six small dots in the sky. A steady stream of coloured tracer' bullets then began shooting upward, followed by crack ig bursts of anti-aircraft fire. 'The' raiders, however, flew at a great Height and ay fat as Is Known hone When the planes had flown over Hankow and disappeared from the range of searchlights, a dark pall of smoke was visible in the very clear moonlit sky" in the direction of the airfield. Five minutes later, the while at the new air field, one hangar was blown up, one repair shop was hit and set on fre, and two conflagra~ flong were started on the tra mac in front of the hangars. These two fires were believed to have been caused by burning alreratt.
Several Chinese combat aircraft took to the alr, but because of the darkness were prevented.from engaging any of the Japanese bombers, according to the spokesman,
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