Chungking, Jan. 15. VER 20 Japanese planes today appeared over Chungking, raiding the area within the city limits for the first time in the history of China' present scat of Government. Meeting with heavy anti-aircraft fire on their arrival here early this afternoon, {the Japanese raiders were also engaged by Chinese pursuit planes, who swooped down upon them, According to one report, which could not be conflimed, one Japanese bomber was. damaged by are aircraft fire from. chinese bat Teries, which blazed away furiously. when' the attacking aircraft appeared overhead. The report stated that smoke was seen by watchers below Chungking to be pouring from the tail of one of the bombers Other eye-witnesses of the raid'also claim. that "Uiey saw one Japanese plane damaged by anti-aircraft fre.
"There were many casualties in today's raid, which was directed at the north-eastern portion of the city; and fat points along both banks of the Chialing River. which joins the Yang ae at Chungking.
While Chinese pursuit planes power-dived on the formations of Japanfese_ bombers, and machine-guns roared away high up in the sky, the eres: fcendo audible to excited watchers below, "ambulance "workers began their grim task of carrying off the wounded to hospitals on stretchers. Many of the wounded had. their hands, arms or legs blown off by fragments of exploding bombs.
The air raid alarm. was. sounded
30 "planes were on their way here at 130 pam. when more, than up river, fying along the south bank! of the Yangtze. An urgent. warning was given when the raiders passed) Fuchow, to the south-east of Chungking. Only six Japanese bombers. in two fights of Uhre each, could' be seen from the ground.
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