MOST SEVERE RAID.
FRENCH MUNITIONS EXPLODE. RECOVERY OF 4200 BODIES. (United Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 11.25 a.m.) VICHY, July 15. Tho newspaper “Le Temps” describes the German air raid on Rennes on Juno 17 as the most severe of the war. The raiders blew up four trainloads of munitions and the explosions razed tho surrounding quarter. Some 4200 bodies have been recovered from tho debris.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 238, 16 July 1940, Page 5
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