Kunming, Oct. 4.
A slow jiassenger train service has Fesumed from Kunming }Hanol, although there are breaks in Jeeveral places where travellers must walk some distance, Trains leaving Kunming in the morning arrive at Kaiyuin about two o'clock the following morning. The {full journey from Kunming fo Hanoi still takes three days, Work on airing the line, it is reported, will Chungking Raided Once Again Chungking, Oct. 4 Chungking was raided by 18 Ji ese "planes shortly after yesterday. They bombed the out Skirts of the city, after which they headed to the saith on their way They were, however, waylaid by Chinese pursuit planes which awaited them above the south bank of the Yangtze River. The Japanese bomb-cers then turned towards Chungking again, passed directly overhead and continued their flight eastward along the Yangtzs, via Puling, back to their base.
Braving heavy anti-aircraft re, a large squadron" of Chinese aircraft yesterday afternoon bombed the Japanese aerodrome at Hankow, says a statement by the Chinese Aviation Headquarters today.
An attack by two Japanese pursuit planes was repulsed, it is claimed.
The Chinese machines, the state mont adds, dropped "several hundred bombs." "The Chinese pilots claim that there were 180 Japanese cro-planes on the airfield, "at least 50 of which have been desttoyed."—Reuter, Ipin Aerodrome Damaged Shanghai, Oct. 5 Two grounded Chinese seropianes were set on fre and the runway destroyed at the Ipin_ aerodrome, 220 kilometres west of Chungking, when powerful Japanese naval air units sortied out a raid on the fleld_ tat Jon October "2, a Japanese Chi Seas Fleet communique issued at hoo. yesterday aaud, On iheir resusn flight, tae yapaness sombers attacked Chinese "military establishments at Luchow, Japanese Retaliation yesterday' was responsible for exten.
'The Chinese air raid' oh Hankow Tokyo, Oct. 4.
five activity by. the dapancre Naval Nir Force, say" Japanese reports After the Chinese attach, three topanese naval alr units took oft {rom irom'the Hankow ase and. atlackcd chang, Enshih and Lalieng, in Hupeh
Yang. in' Hunan, and' claim to have wrovinie and "Chiking" ud, one Bombed' Chinese' air bases Another unit raided. Chungking carly" this "morning and bombed nititary establichmente there—ieeutr.
Intensive Ate Rala Chungking was subjected {0° an me Chungking, Oct. 5.
tensive air Faid by Japanese bombers between' midnight and. dawn this morning. The attack was carried out 80 Japanese plane, flying In Ave Ones again, the populace was kept dugouts ait night 1titherto, feat estimate of damage and cafuale ties is avalab Four groups of raiders frst dropped nisiles on the. eastern outskirts of Chungking, and then' bombed the western outskirts. "The majority. of bombs ropred in the second attack Jnded long the Chungking-Chengti highway.
'A ith group of planes, after bomb: ing the Peipal hot spring, a resort 80 miles north of Chungking, returned to the city Just before dave, and again bombed the western outskirt The "all-clear" way sounded soon after. daw fax the Jast raider flew Two Alrdromes Hombed A Japanese Naval Air Base, Oct a one-hour attack starting [85 o'clock this morning on the ait eld at Paishihy!, a few' miles southwest of Chungking Japanese naval jbor.bers set fire to several. grounded Chinese planes. AM the raiders returned to. their bases safely.
The Chinese attacked the bombers with heavy fire and sent up several Jcombat "planes but their resistance Two other squadrons of naval bombers attacked the Kwangyangpa lair field on the outset Iking for one hour beginning at 430, Joclock this morning. Two fires wore Jstarted. AMI the Japasese- planes. returned. safely.
Naval planes have raided seven times in a week—-Domei
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