DEVASTATING AIR RAIDS
DOZENS OF CITIES IN CHINA
OVER 160 PLANES
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrlßht.l
LONDON, December 28,
The Hong Kong correspondent of the "Daily ' Telegraph" says that more than 160 Japanese planes par' ticipated in a devastating series of air raids in which hundreds of civilians were killed, from Shensi to Kwangtung. Dozens of cities and towns were , bombed, including Chungking, Sian, Changsha, Kweilin, and* Yingtak. ' More than 50 bombs were dropped on Kweilin, destroying a cinnamon forest and. a temple, and restarting fires in the centre of the city, which was gutted three weeks ago. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 155, 29 December 1938, Page 9
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