At Chungking, the spokesman sad, bombs had been "dropped on the Kuomintang "Government Head= quarters and on a repair arsenal on the western outskirts of the city, Six Chinese planes had ventured in the air to fight the Japanese planes and two of these had been' shot down, There had been Ineewant Ati-alveratt fire but fortunately this had' been' ineffective, Pilots having taken part in the last two raids on Chungking, the spokesman added, had stated that the Chinese had. increased their antic firerait positions in the tral ise trict of Chungh Park, and river, where foreign residences and establishments. were situated, 'Asked if any bombs had been dropped in Jghbourhood of the German Consulate ay a telegram had been received in. Shapyhal stating that' the building had been damaged during the raid, the spokesman said that he had no news of this, cording toa pressman stones, which had been dung into the air by the bombs, had dropped through the root of the Consulate, which had just been repaired following damage in a previous raid, New Frnit Marke
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