HEAVIER RAIDS
U.S. FORCES IN CHINA JAP.-OCCUPIED CENTRES DIVERSIONARY ATTACKS (11 a.m.) CHUNGKING, Aug. 12. American bombers in a big-scale raid dumped tons of bombs on enemy military objectives at Canton. They blasted docks and warehouses along the Pearl River, scored direct hits on a Japanese aerodrome and probably destroyed 15 bombers parked on .the field. The Chungking correspondent of the United Press of America says the attack was designed to cripple a big striking force that the Japanese have been building to attack the United States air force. American bombers have also blasted Japanese installations, barracks, aerodromes, runways, hangars and railway stations at NanChang and Yochow. The Americans shot down three Japanese planes which attempted interception in .the vicinity of Nanchang. The United Press of America correspondent expresses the opinion that the attacks on Japanese bases along a 600-mile front from Hankow to Canton is undoubtedly partially designed as a diversion to prevent the Japanese from rushing aerial reinforcements to the Solomons.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20861, 13 August 1942, Page 3
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