The Archive · 1938

Direct Hits Claimed

'Shanghai, Jung. 1 With direct hits on the Kuwangtung Provincial Government building' in Canton, raiding Japanese naval alr craft on June 15 set fire a wing of the structure a Japa~ nese naval spokesman claimed yesterday afternoon.

Several wings of a cartridge I were also demolished during sine raid, he added.

More than "10" freight cars were destroyed on the Canton-Hankow railway, he further claimed.

Bad Weather Shanghai, June 18.

Aerial units were active in South China on June 16, the Japanese authorities stated. Disregarding a rain storm and thick clouds, the raiders bombed and destroyed Chinese mili tary establishments still remaining In Canton, the communique declared.

Objectives Included the Provincial Party Headquarters, Provincial Government building, arsenal, and the Tienho aerodrome.

The Provincial Government build~ ing was. said to have been set on fire by bombs and other structures damaged. The Japanese planes were the targets of Intense anti-aircraft fire.

Other planes attacked the Canton Hankow Railway and demolished freight cars near Yinchanyao. The tracks in the vieinily also were destroyed at several points, the com munique concluded.

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