LE HAVRE POUNDED
Londoners Hear Terrific Bombardment AERIAIi AXD ARTILLERY Rec. 1.30 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 10. Londoners to-day heard the garrison at Le Havre, 140 miles away, receive one of the biggest aerial and artillery bombardments of the war, says the Press Association. Wave after wave of R.A.P. "heavies'" went over in the morning and again in the afternoon and evening. The British Army, simultaneously, bombarded Le Havre. Doors and windows in South London shook with the vibration. It was stated at Supreme Headquarters that Halifaxes and Lancasters to-day dropped 5000 tons of bombs on Le Havre. , It was also stated at Headquarters that the British Second Army on Thursday, Friday and Saturday took prisoner 12,000, of whom one batch of 1600 included Germans from 46 divisions.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 215, 11 September 1944, Page 5
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