The Japanese are apparently changing their tactics in their raids of Chungking. Previously, their aircraft used to lay a lime of bombs along ihe river, highway or main streets, or unload bombs within a small area marked out as the target, but during yesterday afternoon's bombing, particularly within the city itself, the Japanese aircraft were apparently scattering their bombs, dropping a few missiles over a wide area without aiming at a particular target or district, Touring the city after the bombing, Reuters Correspondent found bombs often 100 or more yards apart from each other He watched rescue workers extricate the body of a dead woman buried under tons of debris of a three-storey building. Damage done to property as a result of this summers raids has been very extensive, According to a rough estimate, 20 per cent of buildings hás been destroyed, 80 per cent damaged, there being few buildings inside the city still intact.
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