WAR IN CHINA

Grey River Argus, 27 November 1942, Page 5

WAR IN CHINA

U.S. AIR RAIDS.

LONDON, Nov. 25. American bombers accompanied by the largest fighter escorts yet seen in the- China) Theatre, punishingly attacked two of Japan’s main air bases in South China, without encountering opposition. The sky-dragons scored direct hits on three hangars believed to have been filled with Japanese planes. A big barracks and . a large workshop area were also hit m '? raid on Sancnu on Monday. Another formation dropped, nve tons of bombs on the Tienho airfield Japan’s prin'ci,pal reserve base and aeroplane repair centre in South China. Buildings and oil supplies were set on fire-. A stick of bombs exploded on the runway, as three enemy planes were taking off. one bedestroyed. . Chinese troops, who for the P a ® t; two months besieged Kinhwa, the capital of Chekiang, heard two loud explosions from the centre of the c’ty at night, states a Chinese source Specially trained commando troops, wearing civilian clothes, had penetrated the lines of the Japanese be fences and attacked places in .the city with grenades and explosives. Among the places attacked was the Japanese Army Headquarters Irnmediately after the incident, the Japanese declared martial law.