The Archive · 1940

Worst Rata

Chungking, June 13, Seven Japanese bombers were shot down by Chinese fighters in yesterday's raid in which 154 Japan. cee "planes participated, it is of ally claimed.

'The raiders dropped more than' 500 tombs, causing over 140 casualties and demolishing 200 houses, The raid was the most revere Chung-King ever experienced. All parts of the city were bombed, With "the apparent intention of wiping out Chungking, the Japanese have been systematically, thorough.

and continuously bombing the] city. section by section, 'Thousands of people' are streaming out of the city by highways and the Chialing and Yangtse Rivers, Aceting from scenes of destruction fand desolation, Government offices, however, are carrying on as usual:

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