Shanghai, May 26.
Japanese naval aircraft carried out a series of effective raids in Che-Kiang. Fukien, Kwangtung and Kiangsu provinces on May 26, the Japanese Fleet authorities announced ina communique yesterday.
About 70 planes bombed Chinese troops concentrated north, of Liuho Kiangsu north of Nanking in 1 series of raids on the northern bank ff the Yangtze all day long, the com= munique said.
The bombing proved so effective, the communique claimed, that heavy casualties were suffered by the Chi-hose soldiers. who sought safety. more than 20 villages north of Liuho. Some of the Chinese were: said. to have retreated from the Hsuchow front,
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