Central Chins, July 8, Japanese naval warplanes, heavily Jaden' with high explosives this mom Ing subjected Chungking to its. sixth raid within four days, and the 20th aerial assault this year, the Press Section of the Japanese Central China Seas Fleet announced, 'The raid fol-Towed closely on last night's attack, 'No less than seven waves of bombers, fying over the mountainous areas of "Szechuan Province, droned over Chungking commencing at 1045 O'clock this morning, Despite a furious' ground barrage the planes scored direct hits on the Chungking Army General "Staff of Futukwan, barracks, and other tar-ets several fires being started, Fires smouldering from last night's raid were observed to blaze afresh, Last night's assault caused the de-[struction of military facilities in the western section of the capital, it was previously announced, The announcement disclosed that! the attack was carried out in three waves with the first group of bomb ers appearing over Chungking at 0.45 Pam, the second an hour later, and the "last formation not withdrawing until early morning The pilots reported that Ares jad started in the western sections of the city by the heavy explosives,—Domei.
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