Canton, Sept. 29.
Accompanied by several pursuit planes, two Japanese bombers made an unsuccessful attack on the Bocca Tigris Forts at 8,50 o'clock this morning, The enemy aircraft concentrated on bombing a Chinese gunboat, Chao Ho, near the Forts. All bombs went wide, landing in the water. The planes later flew to Whampoa and Paisha, near Tai-shen, Several bombs were dropped at both pieces but no damages of significance were inflicted, Official quarters to-day state that during the raid on the Canton-Hankow Railway at Lochang on Monday, all three enemy planes were downed. One was shot down near the railway tracks, another near the Chiufeng hills while the third, after sustaining serious damages, fell into the sea near Amoy. The crew were picked up by a Butterfield and Swire steamer—Central News,
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