The Archive · 1938

Japanese Bomb Chuchow

Shenuhai, Sept. 2 Japanese naval planes renewed bombing operations at Chuchow, south of Changsha along the Canton-Hankow Railway in Hunan province, over the Yangtze area and in South China on Wednesday, Japanese Fleet authorities announced in a come munique at noon yesterday, At the north station at' Chuchow "several tens" of freight cars and defence works were blown tp, the communique said, Also destroyed were several junks engaged in unloading a large quantity.

munitions at a factory north of the bombed station, the communique continued.

When bombs hit the station dense columns of smoke were seen soaring high in the air frm 33 points where godowns were wrecked, according 10 the communique, Spotting a freight train and locomotives at a station north of Chuchow, the statement said, that raiders dropped bombs on 40 freight ears and several locomotives, causing heavy damage, this raid no Chinese planes were seen in the air or on the round, the communique stated.

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