WIDESPREAD RAIDS.
BOMBERS OVER GERMANY.
MUCH DAMAGE AT ALL TARGETS.
(Received This • Dav, 0.40 a.m.) LONDON, May 24
.. Bomber, aircraft of. the Royal Air Force striking force carried out further widespread raids on Thursday night and. early to-day. Bombers concentrated on targets in the Ardennes area, along the line of the Meuse, in order to further dislocate and delay the enemy supply apd reserve columns. Despite poor visibility, much damage was done to road,,-and. rail junctions and among other targets an enemy revictualling yard was hotly attacked with bombs.
Flying east over Luxemburg into Germany, bombers attacked river and rail communications and an enemy aerodrome was attacked and hangars bombed, as was also a German convoy.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 194, 25 May 1940, Page 5
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