Devastation in Chungking Fires Rage from Western District to City Proper Japanese Bomber is Shot Down Hongkong, June 17. F[REMENDOUS havoc and destruction were inflicted on various structures of military importance during yesterday's mass) bombardment of Chungking, reports received here from General Chiang Kai -shek's capital revealed.
According to foreign reports reaching here, the first wave of Japanese bombers roared over China's war~ ime capital at 1.40} o'clock yesterday afternoon, severely bombing the centre of the town, where important military and administrative structures are} concentrated, and also the Yangtze River front, Two successive waves of Japanese warplanes appeared over the city shortly past 3 o'clock, While the second squadron attacked objectives of military importance in the centre fof the city, the third fight rained bombs on the new city on the. Kialing "River front demolishing owly-constructed military objec tives there, During the raid, a severe aerial Dattle (00k place between the raiders and Chinese planes which rose 10 meet the Japanese. It was not re= ported how many planes were shot Americans Again Asked Tokyo, June 18.
At the same time that a note was delivered to the American Embassy Fepeating the Japanese request that Americans leave Chungking, the Foreign Omtice spokesman today issued 1 statement saying that Japanese mass air raids on the Chinese wartime capital would be continued.
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