CO129-567-4 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 3-1-1938 - 3-5-1938 — Page 243

Enclosure No.1 in Canton despatch to Peking

COPY.

16br

2nd Dec. 1957.

EY SAFE HAND G

9007 A/T

To

The Managing Director.

80th November, 1937

Dear sir,

AIR RAIDS, 18th NOVEMBER & 19th NOVEMBAR.

I beg to report the following air raids on the

18th and 19th instant.

18TH NOVEMBER 1937.

SHEK KU - PING WU. Three enemy planes attacked the kailway

about 8.30 hours. Six bombs were dropped at Km. 113/13, 114/2,

115/5, 116/10, 119/5 and 120/9 but no damage was done to the

Kailway.

1975 NOVEMBAR 1937.

SHEZ KU - TIN TONG BAI.

about 9.00 hours. 4 bombs

were dropped by 2 enemy planes at Km. 113/9, 114/1, 114/16,

and 118/3 with the result that 2 rails and 8 sleepers at Km. 118/9

were destroyed.

kepair work was carried out at once.

Yours faithfully,

(A.E. STREET

îngineer-in-Chief

Copy to A. P. Blunt qr.,

Consul-General,

H. B. M. Consulate-General,

CANTON

for javour of note

(signed) a. li. Street

ngineer-in-Chief,

C. A. 1.

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