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JAPANESE TANK ATTACK (Received October 19, 1 p.m.) SHANGHAI, October 18. Japanese planes retaliating' against Chinese raids attempted to destroy the Chinese aerodrome at Hungjao. The casualties included 30 civilians. A Japanese tank attack on Kechiapailou succeeded after the annihilation of a Chinese, regiment of 1400, which fought until the last, the commander refusing to give the order to retire. The Chinese claim that this operation cost the Japanese 3000 casualties.
Chinese warplanes, in unprecedented activity, , carried out seven night raids on the Yangtzepoo airport, causing numerous fires, including the building occupied by the Seventh Day Adventists. Japanese searchlights pencilled the skies while their "archies" fired in all directions, but the Chinese were unscathed.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 95, 19 October 1937, Page 11
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