Canton, Mar. 17, Three army air units raided Tsing yun, 75 Kilometers north of Canton; Tangtang, 40 kilometres east of Tsing. yun, and Hengshih, 20 kilometres Rorth-west of Tangtang in central Kwangtung, on Wednesday, the headquarters of the Japanese Expedition ary Force to South China announced ina communique today.
The raiders also bombed arms and ammunition godowns in the vicinity of Shiuhing, 75. kilometres. west. of Canton, and did heavy damage, the Chungking, Mar. 18.
One person was killed and five injured in Koling as a result of an alr raid carried "out by 18 Japanese bombers on March 16, according Chinese despatches from Kuling. One residence, one hotel, the Bank of China building anda Catholic. mise sion are stated to have been damaged, 'The Chinese despatches claim that Japanese aircraft have been bombing Kuling dally "Japanese aircraft, according to Chinese reports, extensively raided many cities in the'five provinces of Hupeh, Honan, Kiangsi," Kwangtung and Shensi, Four' Japanese planes are reported to have bombed' Faneheng yesterday morning, while seven others bombed Sianyan 'One Japanese light bomber, the reports added, was hit by a 'Chinese Snti-aircraft' shell "and" crashed flames on to a sandbank in the Slang River. The pilot, who jumped out of the machine by parachute, is re-Ported to have been caught by the Chinese." 'The other "man in the omber' was burned beyond recogni-
Of the two cities of Sianyang and Fancheng, the objectives of the present Japanese drive in central Hupeh, it is understood that Fancheng suffered the heavier damage and casualties. Yesterday's bombing is estimated to have demolished 300 houses, At the same time, the reports continued, seven Japanese planes yesterday morning dropped 60 bombs on Chengchow, a junction city on the Peiping-Hankow and Lunghai railways, in Central Honan province, Japanese Bombed Braving heavy anti-aircraft fre, Chinese aircraft' yesterday morning heavily bombed and machine-gunned Japanese troop concentrations on the west shore of Poyang Lake, according to Chinese reports.
Chinese forces on the eastern shore of "the Lake, these reports state, launched 'a counter-attack against Japanese troops who landed there on March 15, occupying Tachishan, two miles west of the oily of Tuchéng.
Chinese dispatches claim that, after several bayonet charges, the Chinese finally succeeded in driving Gack the Japanese.
The Japanese forces are now said to be attempting an advance on Nanchang, capital of Kiangsi—Reuter.
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