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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 208, 29 May 1940, Page 9

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Nazi Bombing Raid On American Hospital REPORT BY LEOPOLD By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright LONDON, May 27. King Leopold of the Belgians is reported to have informed President Roosevelt of the deliberate bombing by the Germans of the American hospital in Ostend on May 26, which killed all the doctors, nurses, and 200 patients within a few minutes. Eyewitnesses say the building was blown to bits in a few seconds. Another wave of bombers dropped incendiary bombs on the wreckage. PLUCK OF WEYGAND Hazardous Visit To The Northern Armies (Received May 28, 7.5 p.m.) • PARIS, May 27. The Allied Commander-in-Chief, General Weygand, Hying through a hail of anti-aircraft fire, and dodging German warplanes, has visited the Allied armies in northern France and Belgium. General Weygand left Le Bourget in a bomber with an escort of six Morane fighters. They encountered violent anti-aircraft fire when crossing the German lines, and then a patrol of Messerschmitts sighted the convoy, but the Moranes put them to flight. General Weygand embarked in a destroyer at a nearby port after his conference. German warplanes were raining bombs on the district, but French anti-aircraft guns kept them away while the destroyer sailed oft’.