ATTACK ON BANGKOK RAILWAY.
MANY BUILDINGS DESTROYED. VITAL RAILWAY SYSTEM. (N.Z. Press Association —Copyright.) (Rec. 9.45 a.in.) LONDON. July 11. The Bangkok railway, which is a vital distribution centre of supplies to the Japanese forces left to fight the rearguard action in Burma, was rocked for an hour yesterday under the bombs of Liberators of the Air Command, says the Air Ministry. The railway repair sheds and warehouses were well hit, and workshops to the south were, roofless and blazing when the raiders left. Many other buildings were destroyed.—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 232, 12 July 1945, Page 5
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