Breaking News: Three Bombs Dropped On The Forbidden City

“Damage caused by bombing of the Imperial Palace:

Yesterday morning, the Republican Army sent a plane to bomb the Imperial Palace. We already published a special edition which gave the following information: This morning at 10:30, the Republican Army sent a plane to the Palace and dropped two bombs. One blasted outside the Gate of Heavenly Purity, killing a man and a dog. The other one blasted at the Zhongzheng Hall, we did not yet know the damage it has caused.

Now we’ve got more details. Actually, three bombs were dropped. One exploded outside the Gate of Heavenly Purity, injured a palace guard and a sedan bearer and killed a dog. The second one exploded in the Imperial Garden and injured a eunuch. The third one landed in a water drum in front of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and thus did not explode. It is said that the Emperor was frightened into disease, and the elderly Palace concubines were so frightened by the incident that yesterday they were unable to eat any food.”

- Shuntian Shibao July 8 1937