ORDERED TO FIRE
DEUTSCHLAND'S GUNS
BEFORE THE BOMBS FELL
(Received June 18, 9.20 a_m.)
WILHELMSHAVEN. June 17.
At the funeral of the victims of the bombing of the battleship Deutschland Admiral-General Raeder revealed that the Deutschland's commander ordered guns td be fired at the Spanish Gov* ernment planes a moment before the battleship was actually bombed, but the falling of bombs prevented the sighting of guns. The planes flew out of range in the confusion which ra» suited.
Admiral Raeder added that <he antiaircraft guns were manned tiie whole time.'
The Chancellor, Herr Hitler, laid a wreath on the graves of the victims. German broadcasting stations wer« silent for five minutes in honour of th« dead.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1937, Page 13
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