Japanese Naval Air Base in "Indo-China, Jan. 23.
'A series of air attacks on Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province and centre of distribution of Chungking through the Burma Toute, were carried out early yester day morning by Japanese naval planes, authorities here disclosed yes-
All planes returned safely to their base after successfully bombing and. destroying practically every military objective in Kunming, it was added. ing Up Taiyuan, Jon, 22.
'Mopping up operations in' the smew-tovered Shansi mountain regions were successfully completed on January 20 under the joint cooper Yon of the Japanese army and air forces, it was announced here today by the military authorities.
According to the announcement, the Japanese forces during the cam! alg engaged 16,000 Chinese communist and bandit troops. It was} ided that the Chinese left behind, 1,100 dead while $87 were taken brid soners by the Japanese. Booty included nine field artillery guns, 13 ight machine guns, 407 infantry files and large amounts of ammuni-It was further announced that enemy equipment destroyed included 120 ammunition depots, 27 provisions depots and five clothing factories—Domei Japanese Attacks at Yuktang Shanghai, Jan, 22.
A letter from the Vincentian Fathers at Yuhang, Kiangsi, indicates that work ig being carried on de~ spite fairly frequent air-raids by the Sapanese, which sometimes cause Gamage to the buildings of the mis sion. A deliberate attack was staged fon residences recently, there being two casualties. Extracts from the "Save for prices soaring higher and higher, and the inconvenience of buy ing necessary things, together with dally air raid signals and occasional bombings, we hardly realize a war on. Of course, when one of oUF residences is bombed we are fully aware of the war still raging. Reently, that Is, last_month on the fifteenth, the orphans' chapel and the Sisters' home were intentionally bombed and machine-gunned by three Japanese seaplanes. One person was killed and another wounded. This small per cent as there are five hundred persons in the compound. This is the eighth residence of ours bombed since the wor began.
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