Japanese aircraft heavily bombed Changteh and Hengyang yesterday, according to Chinese reports.
Thirty-nine Japanese bombers in six groups are reported to have Wropped 500 bombs on Changteh, in west Hunan, at noon yesterday. Six huge fires were started in the city.
(Another group of 12 Japanese bombers in two groups, the report adds, yesterday morning bombed Hengyang, in south Hunan, dropped 30 bombs. They are also said to have flown very low and to have swept the city with heavy machinegun fire, Although several big fires are reported, casualties are believed to be low as a majority of the populace had already evacuated "Hengyang—Reuter.,
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