Hanoi, Sept. 25.
Communications between Hanoi and the fifty mile front along which Franco-Japanese hostilities have been raging intermittently for three days were cut early today following reports of an intensified Japanese offensive.
The new Japanese attack was met with an official toment he: by French officials who declared that "Indo-China cannot tolerate it that coat sad AT A an agreement hardly signed should be broken by the initiative of the south China command of the Japanese Army "Indo-China remains decided to oppose by -force all attacks by the japanese south China army o he northern borders of this country; official communique declared.
The announcement stated, however, nat Indo-China was still prepared to carry out the terms of the Hanoi Where R.A.F. Struck H
Heaviest Blow at Nazis Chinese Said Attacking Some idea of the tremendous extent of the R.A.F. raid on Berlin on Monday may be obtained by using the above map as u guide to the graphic description of the British attack. Taking as their objectives predetermined targets about the German capital, it was revealed by the news service of the Air Ministry yesterday, the R.A.F. struck again and again despite intense opposition and adverse weather which in some cases compelled British raiders to remain over targets for 50 minutes in order to secure precision bombing, but the results appear to have justified the daring of the pilots.
Potsdamer and Lehrter railway station, shown clearly in the centre of the above map, were among the objectives of the raiders.
Moabit power station (in the vicinity of Lehrter) was bombed, and five fires left blazing in the same area served as a beacon for following formations. An explosion subsequent to the second raid on Moabit was visible 80 miles away, it was reported by R. pilots on returning to th eir bases. Charlottenburg, the western suburb of Berlin, shown at the left, middle side of the map, was attacked and its power station hit. its gas works gutted by fire. In the same area ra alway yards were heavily damaged.
In view of the increasing intensity of R.A.F. attacks on German military objectives, readers are advised to keep the above map for future reference.
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