Passengers arriving in Shanghai from the South by the B. & S. s. Shantung. yesterday reported that Amoy was attacked by the Japanese from both air and sea on Thursday and Friday as the steamer lay alongside the wharf at Amoy. This was the first Japanese attack on the port for more than a month.
Japanese seaplanes, operating from two vessels outside, appeared over Amoy on Wednesday and dropped pamphlets warning that military establishments in the district would be bombed. Starting at 8 am., on Thursday, Japanese planes appeared over the city six times, bombing the forts and wireless station at the entrance to the harbour, and what are described as empty military barracks near the park in the centre of the city. All day, at frequent intervals, life and activity in the city were brought to a stop by the sound of the warning air raid syren and pedestrians were bustled off the streets into shelter by the police and the few troops guarding the cit;
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