The Archive · 1938

Wide Spread Raids

Shanghai. Jan. 25.

Despite Inclement weather, Japanese-naval aeroplanes on Mondayt car ried out a series of successful raids upon military objectives in Hupeh, Kwangtung, and Chekiang.

Flying in the face of a snow: blizzard, air raiders, commanded by Lieut." Motoichi Mihara, dropped tons of high explosives on the aero-Jdrome at Thong. the gateway to the HYangtze Gorges, destroying sixteen Chinese alreratt When the attacking machines started Hankow, Jan, 26, Contradicting the Japanese accom an entirely different version of the Chinese alr-raid on Nanking this morning is given by Chinese aviation headquarters here.

Thiriecn Chinese bombers, yecord= ing to the announcement, raided the Japanese aerodrome in Nanking. outside Kwanghuamen, or south-east ate, fore than twenty Japanese 1 lanes on the qirfeld." the announc ent says, "went up in flames ax the Chinese bombers Feleased their mis-

One Chinese bombing damaged by Japanese. anti-aircraft fire and made a foreed landing Anking, the capital of Anhwei prov ince, 3 Meanwhile, thirteen Chinese bomb-planes "were also reported have raided Wuhu this, morning.

According to the Chinese pilots, large numbers of Japanese force were observed crossing the river of Wuhu. The Chinese planes, said, swooped down and bombed the" Japanese

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