Chungking, June 10.
People who stayed outside the dugouts to watch the aerial combat between Chinese and Japanese planes during the raid on Chungking last night, saw two Japanese bombers crash in flames, Comparatively few casualties were reported as a result of the raid.
Many people had already been evacuated, while.a majority of those remaining in the city took no chances and sheltered in dugouts.
The local authorities are now planning to permit only 89,000 civilians and 27,000 servicemen to remain in the city. This will necessitate the evacuation of a further 110,000 people from Chungking.
The roofs of many buildings in the downtown district were damaged the raid last night. As it was ing, the staffs of many business houses had to work this morning with umbrellas in their hands—Reuter.
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