HEAVY ATTACK.
KUNMING VIRTUALLY LEVELLED.
THREE CONSULATES DAMAGED.
(Received This Dav, 10.45 a.m.) ■SHANGHAI, October 14
Chinese and foreign advices from Kunming report -that 27 Japanese planes bombed, strafed and virtually levelled Kunmind on Sunday. There were few casualties, as most of the residents took shelter in the British and German Consulates. The United States Consulate was slightly damaged and windows of the British and German Consulates were shattered. A dense, pall of smoke hung over the city after the attack. 1 The Domei News Agqncy correspondent, in a message from an undisclosed air base said that on Monday six squadrons made a surprise raid on Wanhsien and Szechwan, devastatingly bombed the military positions and destroyed Chinese artillery positions near Ichang.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 3, 15 October 1940, Page 5
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