The Archive · 1940

SUNDAY, AUGUST

Another Raid on Chungking, The populace was kept in dug-outs for five hours today when Japanese aircraft, in several groups, raided Szechuen cities, though they never came within the city limits of Chung-kin, The preliminary alarm was given here at 10 am. when Japanese air craft were reported to have left Hankow en route upriver. The first alarm was given half an hour later, when the raiders entered Szechuen province, and an urgent alarm was sounded at 11.15 after they had been sighted below Chungking.

The Japanese aircraft, however, flew past Chungking and p westward, once more Luchow, on the Yangtze river west of Chungking. This city was bombed yesterday, when 54 Japanese planes dropped 200 bombs.

Shortly after the raiders had passed the capital on their way back to their another group of Japanese planes were sighted heading upriver, but they did not reach Eh probably bombing a point below Chungking. The all-clear was sounded at 3 Din Reuter,

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