one o'clock yesterday afternoon!
Chungking, May 4. just when the inhabitants of Chungking were preparing to have their mid-day meal, an air-raid alarm was sounded, the populue rushed to the nearest dugouts, while Chi ese pursuit pi nes took off to meet the raided After cruising over the city for 20 minutes they spied Japanese bombers.
The Japanese planes laid a Jine of bombs om the west to the east, through the st son the north bank of the Yangtze River front, Chinese pursuit planes immediately engaged the raiders, the anti-aircraft guns holding their in order to give their machines a clear field, In the ensuing eng: went, the zooming of plane: ind din of 1g wats clearly audible below.
The Chinese pursuit planes gave chase when the Heuter's Eh vftice had 15 yards away, vities of the Nationalist Under the command Commander Shogo Masuda, were Planes Downed witnessed by Aemers correspondent about 100 yards from his oice, Where mncendi Sry bombs had set tire to scores fusely packed wooden buildings, The ire spread quickly, and caused the destruction, of the ullice of the ung Pao," recognized as one of most aniluential dailies in China, About 20) yards further down the street big res were started un th stope of a hill, which marks the wes ern end of Tush concen commanded by Liewl.-
rated its attack. he headquarters oon off lunes were comprised mostly of Soviet 1-15 naehines and new type Curtis-Hawles Cquipped with large machine guns.
Although the majority of the Japanese planes were struck by bul-Jets th ined their" bombard= Two Japanese hit by ly, which uitucked sev wring one big tike which was extinguished, All the areas where bombs landed were curduned off by police, Uuuln and gendarmes. Traitie was stopped and the tire brigade, assisted by the Citizens" Volunteer ' Corps, worked verishly 30. fight the tires, reset the wounded and carry elf the dead, Under the debris "of the Fret Steamship Company otices, rided men, both of whom' were Chinese, were' extricated and rushed Yo, hospital The resuits of enol battle and the number of Hes have not yet been ascertained,
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