Chungking, Nov. 8.
Eighteen Japanese aeroplanes appeared over Chengtu, the capital of Szechuen province, at 1210 this afternoon and raided the city for the first time since the hostilities.
The raiders had previously been reported from various places on the: route {com Hankow More than 100 bombs were dropped fon the airfield, when Chinese pursuit machines succeeded in engaging the attackers and shooting down one Japanese bomber. according to an official report.
An unconfirmed report that some bombs had fallen inside the city was rae cun tet a tua it 2 ce a sels of aes ing t, t secre Sie for Sa Of et pad sug nny che, denied.
Tater, one of the 18 planes passed over Chungking city, at a high altitude, and to Huan-yuan pa airfield, on which it dropped Several bombs." The plane met with ening cal Sie" dee Oh, Mekal 'The bombs also fell on Yutsoto, small village a short distance down-Fiver. There yas no report of any' casualties.
Chengtu, 600 air miles from Han-ow, was one of the last important Chinese cities which had hitherto been left un bombed. It is less than 600 miles from the Tibetan frontier.
—Reuter.
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