Changchun, July 16.
AUGING far into Manchoukuo, Outer-Mongolian aircraft of Soviet manufacture at 3.30 this morning staged a night raid on the railway town of Fularki, 185 miles from the nearest border Point, the Kwantung Army headquarters announced here this afternoon. Seven civilians, comprising Russians and Manchoukuoans, were wounded by eight bombs released by the raiders. One Manchoukuo home and one Russian home were destroyed.
Constituting the first attack on Manchoukuo's railway system, this raid, caused a sensation here today as the town is well within Manchoukuo territory, being situated but 12 miles southwest of Tsitsihar, capital of Lungkiang province. It is 185 miles from the nearest Manchoukuo frontier. Located on the west bank of the Nonni River, Fularki has a Population of 200,000 persons, It is known as the shipping point for about 70,00 tons of various agricultural Products each year, including 50,000 tons of soya beans, Fularki is the first station west of Anganchi, junction of the Ssupingkai-Tsitsihar and North Manchuria rai ways. One large flour mill and several alcohol and vodka plants are listed among it" industries, which include various trades connected with fishing on the Nonni River.
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