At Hankow, the Japanese raiders were similarly met by three Chinese combat craft, but emerged from the Jengagements without losses. Because of the darkness, the spokesman declared, it was "impossible to ascertain the exact amount of damage inflicted by the bombing."
"In Fepeated attacks upon the Canton-Hankow and Canton-Kowloon Rail. ways in southern China, several [bridges were destroyed by' Japanese naval bombers on March "16, the [spokesman further declared.
Twenty freight cars were also blown up or set on fire at various points. Many of these conflagrations, the spokesman declared, were caused by the combustion of the munitions and fuel carried in the cars.
The Canton-Kowloon highway was! Jalso bombed in the vicinity of the Kwangtung capital, he said.
In an attack upon Tsunghua aero drome in Kwangtung province, the Jadministration building and gasoline tanks were claimed by the spokes-[man to have been blows up.
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