RAIDED BY AMERICANS
NAVAL DOCKS AT HONG KONG
LONDON, August 2. A Chungking communique states that American bombers attacked
the naval dockyard at Honr Konr
last Sunday. Ships under repair there were hit and badly damared.
Kowloon, inland from Hong Kong, *nd Kepak aerodrome were also bombed.
A Chinese communique admits th*t Japanese have landed oh the Chekiang fcoast, 30 miles south of Wenchow, and started a drive inland. Other Japanese forces operating from Wenchow have recaptured Tsmgtien. A communique from General Still* well's headquarters states that Americans engaged 29 Zeros over Hengyang aerodrome, and shot down nine and damaged one.
The Japanese fighters were new Zero types believed to have been brought to China specially to cope with' the Americans, but their first engagement was a failure, as all the Japanese bombers fled when their escort was engaged. The Americans lost one plane, but the pilot was saved.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 29, 3 August 1942, Page 5
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