The hills around Nanking to-day formed a bristling ring of antiaircraft guns. Particul: heavily fortified were Lion Hill, Purple Mountain and the Kiangning fortres+ On the roofs of various Government buildings could also be seen honed anti-aircraft machine guns.
Painters were engaged in obliterate ing landmarks by covering with neutral colours the roofs of various structures, The Chinkiang and Kian; in for= are also fully manned, with ner aft assigned to defend the which is reported to be the best in China.
Anti-aircraft detachments ate also understood to have been posted at Wusih.—Doinei,
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