Chungking, Aug. 7. struction of property are reported Heavy civilian casualties and de-
from towns around Chungking as a result of recent Japanese aerial attacks.
Casualties in these towns are r ported to be unusually high, as thousands of the Chungking populace evacuated into these areas following the intensive Japanese raids on the war-time capital, The heaviest civilian casualties are reported to have been suffered by Wanhsien, below Chungking, on July 26, when 1000 persons are estimated to have been killed and wounded in a Japanese raid. Many of the casualty ies came from Chungking and the Ichang war area.—Reuter.
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