SEVERELY BOMBED
OUTSKIRTS OF CANTOS
ITALIAN CONSULATE HIT
FIGHT NEAR JUHU
(United Press AssuiMunon— liy Electrk Telegraph—Gjjnright.) (Received January 26, 2.20 p.m.) LONDON, January 25. The Hong Kong correspondent of "The Times" reports that the outskirts of Canton were severely bombed from the air in a search for the new Chinesa aeroplanes. Several buildings., including the Italian ' Consulate, were damaged.
Tungshan survivors who have reached Canton report that Japanese aeroplanes on January 22 bombed and machine-gunned a motor-vessel which was towing two others carrying passengers on a river near Namheung. A ghastly scene resulted, 100 persons being killed.
A message from Hankow states that Japanese gunboats and Chinese aeroplanes engaged in fierce fighting on the Yangtze-kiang near Juhu.'
The adjacent hills were the scene of infantry encounters and the slopes were strewn with dead.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 21, 26 January 1938, Page 12
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134SEVERELY BOMBED Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 21, 26 January 1938, Page 12
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