The Archive · 1939

Japanese Bomb Many Citi

Chungking, Sept, 19.

Japanese planes have been active recently in the north and south-west, Twenty-eight Japanese bombers yesterday morning heavily bombed Ninghsia, capital of Ninghsia prov-Meo, dropping over 40 bombs on the ily, demolishing 100 houses, and causing over 30 casualties, Thirty-four Japanese planes terday subjected the highway linking French Indo-China with Kwangsi province to heavy aerial bombing, facking practically all the important cities along the highway.

One. group of raiders, comprising eight bombers, raided Pingtsiang, on the border of Kwangsi and Thdo. China immediately north of the famous Chengnankwan mountain pass guarding the frontier, The same group then bombed Lungchow, further 10 the north, awhieh "was subjected to another bombing at noon by a second group comprising nine planes.

In the afternoon, a third group of bombers, comprising nine machines, attacked several other towns on the highway, "while a fourth group of eight "pinnes bombed Yishan and Pingyang.

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