Chungking city was again raided this evening, when 27 Japanese bom~ bers appeared in two. groups and yamed bombs on the downtown district, which was subjected to a grete acriat berbordient on May "The raiders, who started a big fre in the lower city, met with heavy anti-aircraft fire, while several Chinese pursuit planes went up engage them in combat.
While the result of these air battles is not yet known, Chinese anti-atr~ raft batteries claim that they shot down two Japanese bombers, "The alarm was sounded at © pin. when the raiders were sighted over Ichang heading upriver. The first group of nine bombers appeared above the city at 7 pin. while the second group, comprising 18 planes, come into view half an hour' later. The all-clear was sounded at 8 pu.
Previously, nine Japanese bombers: had raided Enshih, near the Hupeh-Szechuen border-—Reuter.
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