Japanese warships on Wednesday attacked Chenhai in north-eastern Chekiang and silenced the Hungyuan Fort, the headquarters of the Japanese China Sea Fleet announced in a communique issued yesterday" afternoon. The fort answered the bombardment with heavy fire before it was silenced.
Naval planes operating in South China raided Swatow in eastern Kwangtung on Wednesday and repeat. edly bombed and reduced to ruins the Municipal Government Office, Police Bureau, Public Safety Bureau and godowns, according to the statement. Although intense anti-aircraft fire was encountered the planes suffered no damage, the communique claimed.
A naval air unit on Wednesday blew up wharves at Mai along the outer harbour of Foochow in eastern Fukien, where military supplies were being landed. Several godowns and factories also were demolished there, the statement said.
Another naval air squadron bombed Tungshan in the southernmost part of Fukien on Thursday and caused heavy damage, the communique continued.
Japanese warships, in ce-operation with air units, on Wednesday attacked Tinpak, a port in south-western Kwangtung. Barracks and important military establishments were bombed and.
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