The Archive · 1939

Naval Planes Assist

Shanghai, Mar.

Crack Japanese naval aircraft, cooperating with Japanese army forces which erossed the Siu River and are now marching southward, continued to" strafe. and bomb. concentrated day Chinese troops and their positions all day Wednesday, and inflicted heavy losses upon them despite anti-aircraft fire, the Japanese China Seas Fleet headquarters announced in a com munique issued yesterday afternoon.

One of the Japanese planes was hit by bullets and its crew crached. it on a Chinese position, the statement declared.

Operating in South China, raval aircraft on Tuesday twice launched

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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