Shortly after midnight a huge fire was raging at. 327 Rue August Hoppo, all available engines from the various French Fire Brigade stations being despatched to the blaze.
The blaze originated in a bamboo dealer's establishment and quickly spread to a lot of peachwood. At 12.15 the fire More then twenty Chinese planes participated in the two raids, they reported. Despite the mass attack, the Japanese failed to retaliate and no Japanese planes were seen taking to the air to combat the Chinese planes, the passengers claimed.
Following the surprise raids -Canton was placed under martial law, they asserted United Press.
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