RAIDS ON NANKING
0 " Chinese Defence Planes Almost Annihilated 30 TONS OFH.E- DROPPED (Received 21, 2.30 p.m.'i LONDON, Sept. 20. The Times" correspOndenfc at Shanghai says that yesterday's two raids at Nanking were carried out by 35 and 40 bombers reSpectively. It is estimatcd that they dropped at least 30 tons of high explosives, representing a destructive power ten times great er that that "used in the air-raid during the Great War. The Japanese claim to have done great damage, including the destruction of the army headquarters and other important buildings. The Chinese deny that the dainagp was excessive but report that many non-comhatants were iilled and wounded. According to a Tokio message, th Japanese air-raids on Nanking have s depleted the Ghinese Air Force tli-a-only seven planes engaged to-day's attackers. The Japanese claim to have ■hot down four, leaving only three to dei'end.tlie capital,. / \
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 210, 21 September 1937, Page 7
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