CO129-567-4 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 3-1-1938 - 3-5-1938 — Page 134

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From CHINA.

Telegram (en clair) from Mr. Blunt, (Canton).

No. 21.

D.

(Wireless)

R.

4 p.m.

1st March, 1938.

1st March, 1938.

1st March, 1938.

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March.

Addressed to British Embassy at Shanghai No. 42 of 1st

My telegram No. 38, 24th February.

Four air raids. Thirty Japanese planes.

Fifteen bombs

dropped at Nantung and seventeen bombs on Canton-Hankow railway area. Three (possibly four) Japanese and two Chinese

planes brought down during aerial combat at Hamtung.

2. 25th February. Two raids, twenty-three planes. Twelve planes dropped nineteen bombs on aerodrome at Wuchow and five in Kwangsi University grounds. Superficial damage to Standard Company's installation by machine gun bullets from

Japanese planes.

3. 26th February. To raids,

Twenty-nine planes.

Fifteen bombs at Tungkoon, forty-two bombs in Canton-Kowloon

Railway area and thirty-two bombs in Canton-Hankow Railway area.

Damage slight.

4. 27th February. One raid.

Sixteen planes. Two

bombs on Tinho aerodrome, Canton, and seventeen bombs in Canton-

Hankow Railway area. Forty-two houses damaged and forty-one

casualties.

Repeated to Foreign Office No. 21, Governor Hongkong No. 24,

Commander-in-Chief China No. 21, General Officer Commanding

Hongkong No. 21 and Consul-General Hankow No. 24.