HAVOC AT LE HAVRE
AMMUNITION TRAIN HIT BY
BOMB
LONDON, November 16.
The French newspaper "L'Action Francaise" says that Royal Air Force attacks on Le Havre have caused the city to be evacuated again. Bombers last night made a direct hit on an ammunition train, and the resultant explosion destroyed 500 houses. The newspaper adds that oil refineries and tanks have been wiped out, all ferries between Le Havre and Rouen sunk, and shipyards and factories forced' to close down.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 121, 18 November 1940, Page 7
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80HAVOC AT LE HAVRE Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 121, 18 November 1940, Page 7
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