Resuming their destructive visits to Canton, Japanese naval aircraft on Wednesday staged three raids on the capital of Kwangtung, a naval communique issued here yesterday morning announced.
Another raid on Canton was carried out in bright nioonlight on Tuesday night, the statement added.
In Tuesday's nocturnal attack, the planes bombed hangars and repair Shops at the Tienho aerodrome, northeast of Canton, Also bombed were a sulphuric acid factory and the power plant at Saichuen. The former, according to the communique, was" badly damaged, while the latter was set on fire, Wednesday's three morning raids were directed against military establishments north of the Chungshan memorial hall, anti-aircraft positions and tracks of the Canton-Hankow Railway, The Saichuen power plant was again bombed and hit, the communique claimed. Direct hits were also said to have been scored on "archie" batteries south of the Pearl River, in the city.
Bombs were dropped by another unit of the naval air force on the tracks of the Canton-Hankow Railway in a valley north of Lochang, A landslide caused by the explosions, the statement said, buried tracks over a large area. -Ditect hits were also said. o have" been made on tracks afd the exit-of a railway tunnel, Referring to reports of the bombing of Lingnam University on Wednesday, a naval spokesman here said that if the press messages were correct, the bombs must have been intended for Chinese anti-aircraft batteries nearby.
The Chinese, he added, have ře-cently installed "archie" guns in the Honam industrial area, lying near Lingnam University,
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