The Archive · 1938

Japanese Aircraft Do Damage

Subjecting Chuanhsien station on the: Hsangchow-Kwelin Railway in kwangsi province to a devastating attack on Saturday, Japanese naval aircraft destroyed ' four—godowns, thirty railway freight cars and several other buildings, a communique issued by the nese China Seas Fleet command yesterday claimed.

Flames were seen spouting from the bombed freight carriages, according to the announcement, Tracks were also cut at several points as a result of the attack, Japanese bombers on a patrol assignment sighted about thirty small Chinese military vessels at Suikowshu on the West River inflicting severe damage upon this concentration, the communique further claimed.

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