July 23. 4 At a Japanese Army Air Base,
trid rt, Hae with Chungking Yesterday morning by Japanese' army cops and war supplies was spotted
myers between Kwoh ad Livchow, Chungking strongholds "in north: astern and central Kwangsi, and was Alestroyed asa result of 9 severe bombing raid "it was reported here this morning.
Ignoring terrific anti-aircraft fre.} Japanese army airmen swooped down on the supply and troop train head: ing for the south from Kwelin: and destroyed more than 20 coaches. it was reported.
Japanese sireraf, also raided and Inficted heavy. damages on military establishments inthe neighbourhood of Kweilin-and "Livehow before {Turning to" Uheie bases it was further Chungking, July 24.
Japanese aircraft in two Nights raided Chenglu this afternoon. "An alarm was sounded in Chungking, when Japanese bombers, taking off from Yunchen, the main Japan_air base in Shasi, entered the province of Szechuen from the north about 130 this afternoon, via south Shenst rovinee.
The first fight of 36 Japanese! bombers raided Chengtu and. returned to their base, via Tzechung The second Aight " proceeded 10} Chengtu, via Kwangyuan in -north Details of the bombing of Chengtu have not yet been received here and it is Rot known whether the! Tapaneso machines raided the city, or. the outskirts.
The all-clear signal was sounded tu Chungking at 230 pin, when the raiders were sighted on the return to their base—Reuter.
American omission Destroyed Chungking, July 25, Official Chinese reports from] Chengt concerning yesterday's ai id by Japanese bombers, claim the: the American Baptist Mission inside the city was completely destroyed.
"The Chinese air force claime that over ten of the 36 Japanese bombers; [petticipating in the raid on the ity Bre believed to have been shot down' gater planes. © The Chekiang Towra Bombed Heavy Damage Claimed to Communications Line Two Towns South-east Kwangtung Captured At a Japanese Air Base, July 28.
[APANESE naval aircraft yesterday carried out widespread bombing raids on Chuhsien, Kinhwa, Kwangsin, and Heng~ yang, all strategic points on the Chol ing-Kiangsi Railway and the Canton-Hankow Railway, according to a communique issued today by the press section of the Japanese Central China Seas Fleet.
According to the announcement, one of the naval squadrons also severely bombed a group of warehouses near Kweiki, on the Chekiang-Kiangsi Railway. Direct hits were scored on a number of warehouses, the commu jue said.
Japanese naval air units, the announcement further declared, also bombed and strafed a number of trucks on the road between Kienchang and Yingtan, in northern and north-eastern Kiangsi Aboard A Japanese Warship, uly 26, 'Swabue and Makung, rategically important "Chungking" outposts in south-eastern Kwangtung province, 01 Honghai Bay, were reduced by Japa ese bluejackets at noon yesterday, it was announced by the press section of the Japanese South' China Seas Fleet today.
By smashing Chungking resistance in the area and capturing the twin cities, the communique said, the Japanese have succeeded in entirely losing the Chungking supply route in eastern Kwangtung.
According to the communique, the! capture of the towns ess and Japanese naval. airerait which severely bombed Chungking concentrations and bases in the vicine {iy of the towns—Domel South China, July 28.
More than $0 large concentration arms and"ammunition in the suburbs of Kweiyang, capital of Kweichow Province, were destroyed during, to-Gay's raid on the ely by Wo large formations of crack Japanese naval Hlanes, it' was reported here by alt men Who participated in the fight To-day's was the third bombing rad carried out against Kweiyang. Fine weather favoured the raiders who wreckage of one Japanese bomber has already been located! in Nanpu, a city {o the north-east of Chengtu, In north Szechuen.
Parsehiites and aeroplanes parts. were found in many cities and vill. ages in northern Szechuen, along the Feule back to the Japanese base in The Chungking air defence hend-quarters stated that the Japanese air daft originally entered Szechuen via Nanking, to the north of Chungking, and headed straight for Chungking, ut turned towards Chenatu on ae-count of bad weather conditions over the wartime capital—Reuter,
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