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ILA.r. ATTACKS LONDON, May 2. The Royal Air Force yesterday made what the Air Ministry describes as a particularly effective attack on the German base at Den Holder. The aircraft flew ' low, scoring direct hits on the , power station, the barracks, and • other buildings. German troops ' were machine-gunned at Den Helder and Texel. The docks at Brest were again attacked last night CONTENTION IN. IRAQ LONDON, , May 2, . Authoritative circles“ in Lon* don said to-day that contention > had arisen in Iraq in the last lew hours. The Iraq authorities had massed a considerable number of troops round a British aerodrome west_of Bagdad. The British Government had re- ; quested the withdrawal of the troops, but the Iraq authorities appeared to have failed to take : adequate measures.
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23319, 3 May 1941, Page 1
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