CO129-567-5 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 11-4-1938 - 19-1-1939 — Page 234

Enclosure 80.4 in Canton 2/1 dermatch to imbassy. Shanghai

Ho.it or 6th W77. 1998.

9245 A/

2nd May, 1938.

235

To

The Managing Director.

Dear Sir,

MAY 1938.

I have to report the following serial attacks by onery planes and damage sustained by the Railway between Both April and lat

Between 8.20 and 8.35 hours, 6 banka dropped by 8

enemy planes near Tu Tong at the following places:-

1 bomb at Km. 98/1-18.

* pairs of rails and 20 sleepers damaged and a erster of about 12' deep w«a sede on the mbankment, repairs to which was empleted for tr

80, 00 hours.

1 bomb at n. 95/9, track slightly damaged.

9 bombs at Km.90/1-3)

1 beat at Am. 98/5

without any damage to the treek,

1 tomb at sm. 98/14

holl

about 11.00 hours

planes

ttacked the

Railway and dropped & boobs at Ham Zong, 5 at m. 28/11 and 2 at the back of the Now Eong station, but without damage to

the Railway.

Nam

Yours faithfully,

Blunt, Esquire,

Consul-General

II. B. M

anton.

A. B.

street.

Engineer-in- Chief

neral,

for favour of note

(signed). H. Street

Engineer-in-Chief