The Archive · 1938

Gunboats, Junks Bombed

Shanghai, Dec. 10, Japanese navel planes. in South! China "demolished 2 gunboat and several junks and cut" the Canion-Hankow Railway in raids in Kwangsi and Kwangtung on Wednesday. and Thursday, according to a communique issued by the headquarters of the Snpanese! China Sea Fleet yesterday Discovering about 50 Chinese military junks "inthe vicinity "of Kweiping "in eastern Kwangsi, the! raiders destroyed about 15 of them and damaged military establishments Kwelping, the statement said. along the North River demolished a Another air unit that operated [Chinese gunboat and a small military unk at "a point down-stream fre Tsingyun "in central Kwangtung.

On Thursday Japanese naval airjeraft raided Lokehong on the Can: tons hankow Railway" in northern, Kwangtung: view up two locomo: Aiea and 16 freight cars und ut th unique claimed," he com several points, the come Several military junks in the central Kwangtung were smashed mity of Yingtaie and Tsingyun te enol bombs, the statement seid.

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