MOBS FIRED ON.
DEMONSTRATION AT BEIRUT. SEVERAL CIVILIANS KILLED.. LONDON, Nov. 12. French tanks and armoured cars appeared in the streets of Beirut this morning when angry mobs demontstrated against the arrest of the President of Lebanon and members of the Cabinet. Reuter’s correspondent at Beirut reports that the French used machineguns against the crowd, killing several civilians. A grenade thrown from the crowd burned out one tank.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 30, 15 November 1943, Page 3
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