Shanghai, Sept. 15.
Japanese naval aircraft shot down with certainty" three out of four Chinese planes at Liuchow in Kwang-sion Tuesday, Japanese naval authorities claimed in communique yesterday afternoon.
Two groups of naval planes made the long flight to central Kwangsi to bomb the Liuchow aerodrome.
The fourth Chinese plane fled, while the Japanese craft demolished more than ten planes on the ground. [Some of the hangars were set afire, the communique chimed.
All the Japanese planes returned to their bases safely, the statement said.
'A number of naval air squadrons carried out raids in Central and South China on Tuesday.
One unit assisted land troops In dispersing Chinese columns west of Kwangts! and north-west of Wusueh, 145 kilometres upstream from Kiu-Kang.
'A. squadron which was active in south-eastern Honan bombed Loshat, 50 kilometres cast of Sinyang, and /Suntiehpu, 30 kilometres cast of Loshan, checking the northward march fof several Chinese columns, the statement continued.
Shanghai, Sept, 19.
Japanese naval aircraft subjected Chinese military establishments in the eastern portion of Wuchow, Kwangsi, to an intensive bombardment Saturday, a communique issued by the Japanese China Seas Fleet command yesterday noon announced. In carr) ing out this operation, which claimed to have caused "extensive damage," the raiders overcome heavy felond banks both at sea and on land, a5 well og intensive anti-aircraft thr In other raids in South China, naval aircraft bombed the Bocca "Tigris aerodrome outside Canton as well as the Canton-Kowloon Railway. Heavy anti-aircraft fire also greeted the attackers at Bocca Tigris the communique stated. ANI aircraft engaged in these operations were stated to have returned to their bases. safely.
In Central China, Japanese naval Jaireratt kept up "ceaseless" attacks on [Chinese positions and troop conce trations assisting the progress of the Japanese river fleet and of the land Japanese Bombers Fly Over Swatow Swatow, Sept. 13, For the first occasion in seven Weeks, nine Japanese bombers passed over here at 7.3 o'clock this moming. No bombs were dropped.—cuter,
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