Foreign warships lying off Hsi kwan reported that eighteen Japa: ese bombers, escorted by five pursuit "planes, raided Nanking this afternoon. Six of the bombers, they added, dropped six bombs aimed, apparently, at the Pukow railway station, bu: the missiles landed in the river. The bombers then proceeded down the river and let loose several bombs on the Yungli Chemical works, causing a big fire.
A Chinese communique said to-da "There were ten Japanese aeroplanes sighted en route to Nanking at 9 o'clock this morning. Instead of reaching the capital three of the planes bombed the Tangyang railway station, five raided Changchow and two dropped bombs in Changchu. The Sungkiang on the Shanghai-Hangchow railway and Wusih on the Nanking-Shanghai Railway were also bombed. Damage has not yet been ascertained—Central News.
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