CO129-590-22 Situation in enemy occupied Hong Kong 19-1-1943 - 20-11-1943 — Page 85

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HONKONG RAID DAME Chungking: Honkong Kings Wharf severely damaged, the naval dockyard and Taikoo Dockyard are lying in ruins, docd Japanese soldiers destroyed automobiles scattering the front of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Building and the Supreme Court this was the description of the three-day Allied babing attack on Japanese occupied Honkongs of the 27th to 29th July contained in an interview given by a refugee at Shiukwan. A witness said the bombing was carried out without opposition from Japanese fighters. The heaviest damage was inflicted on Stonecutters Island. The naval and the Taikoo Dockyards also received direct hits, which wrought considerable damage and laid waste the shipping facilities. (Further details).

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