Szechuen Reports Bi Victory; Raids on Kowloon Border Successful; Many Cities Bombed Chungking, Nov. 6. LATEST ical Chinese reports on the air battle fought over Chengtu on Saturday at noon claim that three Japanese bombers were shot down, One, it is stated, was brought down by anti-aircraft gun fire and the other two' by Chinese fighting planes. These planes included a squadron leader's machine, it is claimed, The bomber brought down by anti-aircraft fire crashed at Huavang, nine miles from Chengtu.
Of the two shot down by fighting-planes, one crashed at Jenshou, south of Chengtu, and another at Chungchiang, north-east of the city.
Jupanese aircraft yesterday exten sively bombed cities in Kwangsi and. Hunan provinces.
"About hoot, according' to reports received here, 36 planes attacked towns in_ west' and south Hunan, ins cluding Chikiang, Lingling and Lengshu-tang, Later 17 Japanese aeroplanes, in two groups, bombed varlets cities in Kwangsi, The Mrst group of ten planes. raided Tuan, in central Kiwangst north of Nanning, while the second. group, of seven _alreratt, attacked Lungchow, near the Kwangsi-French Indo-China border, north of Chengnankwan.
"Alter raiding Lungchow, the second group few on to Pingtsiang, Kamo and other places mi French Indo-China border, sweeping. the towns with heavy machine-gun Ralds 1 Kowloon Border Hongkong, Nov. 0.
The Chinese port, of Sha, Ngchung: near the Kowloon border, known to be a vital military supply base. for Chinese troops, was bombed on Sun day by Japanese planes for the second time In three days.
'Sha Ngchung is the terminus for a ferry' bent service across Mirs Bay, starting from Taipo Harbour in Kov-Toon, connecting the city with the: eastern coast of Kwangtung province, and forming an important base for the delivery of military supplies to Chi-
Meanwhile, other Japanese air units raids on. strategical Chinese points in Kwangsi and Hunan provinees Sunday morning.
According to reports from Kweilin, a squadron of Japanese alreratt bombed Tuan in West Kwangsi, while another air unit attacked Lungchow, important Chinese point near French Indo-China, Later, strategical points along the border wore bombed and machine-gunned. Those attacked Included Pingsiang and Aikou, Two large Japanese air forees also) bombed strategical points ins west Hunan province, While one group was bombing Chihkiang, an= other air unit was attacking Lingling and. Liangshuitan" and. other points
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