U.S. PLANES IN CHINA
WIDESPREAD RAIDS ON JAPS'. , • fons Rec. 1 p.m. CHUNGKING, July I«£*> The United States Air Force in,'' China in, the past seven days has ;'-" bombed and strafed Japanese posi- ■" tions from the Yangtse front to IndoChina, reports General Stillwell's • communique. Fifteen river craft at- -' Canton were destroyed or damaged, -. including a motor vessel of 8000 tons. Five raids were made on Hai-. ;y phong, Hongai and Campha port area.r •;'. Extensive damage was caused and',, hits were scored on a cement plant supplying 80 per cent of the require;:-" ments of the Japanese military in* J • stallations south of Formosa. All the American planes returned. ■ Heavy fighting continues unabated south and north-east of Linchwan, in the Taihano mountains region, ' and near Lake Tungting, says a Chungking communique. South of •'. the Yangtse River the Chinese forces repulsed Japanese attempts to recapture three villages.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 166, 15 July 1943, Page 5
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