Chungking, June 17, Japanese aircraft subjected Chung King to a heavy bombing yesterday' afternoon, starting a line of big fires, stretching from the western suburbs through city, into the lower: sections of the elly proper.
Chinese fighters vigorously attacked the raiders, several of which were. shot down,
Japanese bombers was approaching. Sust 7 the city, a squadron of. Chinese fighters charged right into the raid~ ing formation, After a sharp burst of, machine-gun fire, one Japanese bomber was. seen cfashing nto the hills west of Chungking, its silvery ings Mashing in the sunlight, Today the Japanese used mostly incendiary bombs—Reuter,
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