FOUR YEARS' CASUALTIES
Rec. 10.30 a.m. LONDON, October 1 It is disclosed that 107 persons were killed and 200 seriously wounded during Dover's four yea/s of bombardment from the German long-range guns. Forty-nine were killed in SS incident when a hostel was hit cm September 26, which wa s the town" worst day, 50 shells falling in one ™l l\ ? ovef • which was the main target, had a total of 2226 shells during
Shells killed a total of 50 people in •&!n c + °ther front line towns-Dea" ?™' ail d Rams Sat- Dover also had 464 bombs, as a result of which an additional 109 persons were killed and 144 seriously injured. Damage to property was very large.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 80, 2 October 1944, Page 5
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117FOUR YEARS' CASUALTIES Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 80, 2 October 1944, Page 5
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