Chungking, Jan. 13.
Japanese aircraft yesterday exten sively bombed Chinese cities "in Hunan, "Kwangsi and Kwangtung ravinees, while Hengyang, strategis city in south Hunan, suffered heavy casualties, according' to Chinese dispatches which reached here today.
Eighteen Japanese bombers dropped more than 100 bombs both inside and Suiside Hengyang yesterday morning. Several fires were started on the main street, five bombs hit the magistrate's yamen and the offices of the District Superintendent were on-tirely demolished, the dispatches said.
Tt was estimated that there were 200 casualties, while 80 houses were Feported to have been hit and more than 100 buildings destroyed. During the raid, which was believed to have been the worst ever experienced by Hengyang, the din of anti-aircraft [guns and the explosion of bombs were ald to have shaken the entire city.
Bombs were also dropped on the east bank of the Siang River.
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