Observation flights made by Japanese "planes yesterday afternoon, Japanese naval authorities said, showed that heavy damage was caused to the forts and to the military barracks during. the two-day raids.
China's strongest naval units, the Ninghai, built in Japan, and her ter-ship, the Pinghai, built in the Kiangnan Docks, Shanghai, have also been severely damaged, it was asserted.
The Pinghai it was claimed, was hit by a bomb close to the bridge, where, it is assumed, a number of officers must have been killed and wounded.
The Ninghai, Japanese aerial observers discovered, was severely damaged by fire caused by a direct hit during Wednesday's raids,
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