Wuchow, Oct, 16.
ITING the past few days many interior cities have been visited by the destructive flying birds of Japan and lives and property have been destroyed. On the festival of the Double Tenth While most of the province was trying to celebrate the founding of the Chinese Republic, four inter cities and one market town' were visited by planes which dropped bombs causing many casualties and resulting in the destruction of considerable property.
In the early morning before many of the local residents had eaten their breakfast the street people in the city of Pangtscung were startled to hear the sound of approaching planes. Presently seven planes came into view and were soon circling over the city, and dropping bombs on the railway and on various places of the town, 'A little later in the day eighteen planes entered the province from the South. These divided into two companies. One company followed rivers fSnd motor road to" Liuchow, then turning "westward followed the Kwangsi Kweichow highway, passed shan, Hwalyuen, "Hoehih and on to (untén a small city not far from the northern border of the province.
This city hud not yet seen a plane, bout were to be Introduced to them in Feal earnest. After circling ever for some time to get their bearings, the planes began to drop bombs ona {rightened populace, Many bombs were dropped though the damage done was inconsiderable, The planes continued to eivele round to see what damage they ad done and then tol owing the motor road to Hoehich turned southward and returned to the const.
Southward into Kwangtung The second company of nine planes few north westward following the railway track, Passing over Lo-yung they continued on to Yuin-fuh and on to Kweilin, After viewing this oft-visited city from the air the planes returned to Liuchow where " one more this city was subjected: to a terrible bombing. Later these same planes bombed again Tsien-kong. and the market town of Teng, and then few southward down Into Kwang tung, On October 11. the frightened inhabitants of Pangtscung again heard the planes approaching. This time the city was not bombed. however, bhut the planes flew to the market of Shame where many bombs were dropped, "The seven planes which composed the group then flew direct west along the highway to the border town of Chen-nan-kwan where what ttle was still left of the place was again Vombed, starting fires that raged for a long time, After. bomb-Ing Nankwang the planes flew to Lungchow where more bombs were poured down on a ruined city, The planes then flew southward, but lopped above Minghong to spray withy machine-gun bullets.
On the next day two planes entered the province early in the morning. They covered a wide area in their Aight, visiting the cities of Pohpel ip, Kwaiping. Wusuen, Shihlung and Liuchow, They made observations only and eft without ing down any bombs.
Later in the day nine planes tered the province over the West then following the Fu. River lew northward via, Chaopiny Pinglo, Kweilin. and on' in a north= westerlily direction to Lungshen, a small city nestling among the moun tains among the Tung. and other tribesmen. Later the planes retwiened and bombed Kweilin, Points outside the city were the targets. The bombing resulted in. the destruction of a number of "buildings and a casuality list numbering sixteen, 'Another company of planes six in number entered the province' {rom the south. These reached the West River 153 miles east of Nanning near the city of Wangchow. Following the river westward the planes reached Nanning, thea turned abruptly: northward and fled 30 miles to the city of on they continued the Red River to-these unwelcome visitors. tu the far north Lingehuan was visited. and bombs released. The market town of Tayungkiang was also bombed.
the extreme south of Wat-lam which has" been visited by planes so often, was again the object of a rainfall of bombs. Later the same plates visited the city of Hingip situated on the motor highway lead~ Ing to Kwalhsien. Here' they spent considerable time in making observa~ tions, and then without dropping bombs they flew away,
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