'The second vaid on Hangchow took' plice shortly after noon asthe Japan} ese planes again attacked the city, but once more met with stiff resistance from Chinese planes, Three of the invading planes were shot down, and an equal number of Chinese defence machines suffered the same fate.
In between the two raids on Hang. chow, a squadron of nine bombers subjected Tsaongochiang, about 55 miles to the east of Hangchow, to a severe aerial bombardment shortly after 8 o'clock.
A Chinese squadron, also of nine planes, engaged the attacking machines, resulting in one Japanese plane being shot down, The bombs dropped by the attacking planes were said to have wrought slight damage. Nanchang, provincial capital of Kiangsi, was also attacked by lose bombers at 9.30 o'clock yesterday morning.
fleet of 14° Jap: nese machines, mposed of eight pursuit planes and six bombers, dropped 16 bombs on the city and machine-gunned the aerodrome and the East' Lake area, After an engagement lasting almost. an hour, the Chinese defence planes drove off the attacking squadron,
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