CO129-567-5 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 11-4-1938 - 19-1-1939 — Page 101

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Canton F/L despatch No. 164 to

Embassy

Shanghai of

26th August 1938.

102

COPY

9400

To

23rd August 1938.

The Managing Director.

Dear wir,

AIR RAIDS: 20TH & 22ND AUGU T 1958.

I have to report the following serial attacks

by enemy planes, and damage sustained by the Railway

on the 20th and 22nd instant:

20TH AUGUST.

About 14.40 hours, the Railway was raided by 1

plane, when 2 bombs were dropped at the following places:-

1 bomb at Km. 28/5, making a crater on slope of embank-

ment, track disturbed,

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28/7, without any damage to the track.

22ND AUGUST.

UN TONG & TONG MBI. About 16.30 hours, the

Railway was raided by 6 enemy planes and 8 bombs were dropped between Km. 35/8-13, 3 hitting the track and

causing the following damage:-

18 paire of rails and 300 sleepers.

8 craters on embankment and 1 in cutting.

morning.

Repairs completed for trains to pass next day

Yours faithfully,

A. H. Street,

Sngineer-in-Chief.

Copy to A. P. Blunt, Esq.,

Consul-General,

H. B. M. Consulate-General,

CANTO N.

for favour of Note.

(gd) A. H. street,

Engineer-in-Chief.