PORT MORESBY RAIDED
♦ SLIGHT DAMAGE IN TWO ATTACKS (Received March 5, 11 p.m.) LONDON, March 5, A Canberra communique says that Port Moresby, in New Guinea, had two air raids this morning. Slight damage caused, but there were no casualties. It is now known that in their air attacks on Broome, Wyndham. and Darwin, the Japanese used incendiary bullets and explosive cannon shells. They sprayed the towns with bullets from a height of 8000 feet.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23580, 6 March 1942, Page 6
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