1937-08-19 — Page 7

THE CHENA MAIE, AUGUST 19, 1937.

MASS AIR RAID BY CHINESE Veritable Hell Iu North Szechuen Road Area

REAR-ADMIRAL SAID

TO HAVE DIED OF WOUNDS

Shanghai, 10.30 am.

Vivid details are now forthcoming concerning the most spectacular air attack of the present cam- paign late yesterday afternoon, which resulted in grave casualties among the Japanese marines, par- tial destruction of the Japanese Naval Landing Party's headquarters in North Szechuen Road, and enormous damage to surrounding property.

For twenty minutes, a veritable hell reigned in the area as Chinese planes in ten flights of five ma- chines each, swept over the region in successive waves rending the Naval Headquarters with bombs.

More than a hundred heavy bombs wrecked buildings and blew huge craters, and Chinese re port claims that among the many Japanese casual ties was Rear Admiral Motota, who was directing the defence of this sector against violent Chinese attacks.

Taken from a ship in the harbour, photo shows a Chinese bomb bursting in the Wayside district. The pall of dust and smoke following the explosion can be seen rising higher than buildings in the vicinity.

32 JAPANESE

A more serious- affair occurred

PLANES SHOT DOWN in the French Concession, where

Nanking, To-day. The Generalissimo's head- quarters announce that up till Tuesday this week, 32 Japanese

He is reported to have been critically injured planes were shot down, 25 of by a bomb splinter and to have succumbed later in hospital.

The unprecedentedly heavy raid on the Head- quarters was stated in Chinese military circles to have been ordered to break the stubborn resistance which the Japanese forces were putting up at this point.

Heavy shellfire in the same area this morning is believed to in- dicate renewed Chinese attacks. Our Own Correspondent.

ARTILLERY KEEPS

S'HAI AWAKE Huge Fire Raging In Cotton Mills

Shanghai, To-day. The lull which followed the aerial visitation of last night was

en by a half-hour exchange of erious gunfire, in which Japanese rships and land-guns fought a with the Chinese artillery. în Pootung.

war-

The first Japanese warcraft to fire were two torpedo-boats and then the Idzumo and other ships, stretching all the way down river to Woosung, joined in..

A shell landed in the cotton mills in Pootung, which are now serious- ly ablaze. It is not known whether the fire was caused by a Chinese Japanese projectile. The bom- ardment woke up everyone in Shanghai.

JAPANESE UNDER HEAVY STRAIN

Shanghai, To-day. The region of severest fighting between the Chinese and Japanese

Shanghai has been shift Hna Teh Road, which is the Settlement area north Soochow Creek. The

hine is giving way un-

JAPANESE NOW LEAVE TSINGTAO

Tsingtao, To-day."

It is officially announced that all NYK vessels in Tsingtao will be used for evacuation of Japanese women and children. from the Shantung port

Completion of the evacuation is expected to-morrow, when three Japanese vessels are leav- ing.

Meanwhile, Japanese refugees from the Yangtse ports are leav ing to-day, to-morrow and sun-- day. They consist of 145 men, women and children, whose pas sages will be free of charge. --Renter.

them being heavy bombers. “

Eight Japanese planes yes- terday raided the Chinese aerodrome at Pingpu, wound- ing seven Chinese anti-air- craft gummers. Reuter.

one. Japanese was killed and another seriously injured as the re- sult of an attack by a mob. Reu- ter.

BRITISH REFUGEES,

The first is due this morning and, if the Chinese planes ap- pear, their landing promises to be an exciting affair.

The second batch of British refugees are leaving for Hong Kong to-day on the Empress of Asia.

MOB ATTACKS Casualties in the war last night included the well-known Filipino boxer, Ray Mayo, flyweight chaming, Shanghai was treated last pion of China.

He was mistaken for a Japanese and was attacked in Nanking Road. He was badly mauled before being] rescued and was taken to hospital.

Besides the usual cannonad-

night to the first night air at- tack but the identity of the planes is mystifying in view of Japanese denial of

raid. Reuter

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