RIOTING IN PARIS
POLICE FIRE ON CROWDS MANY REPUTED WOUNDED (Reed. Aug. 16, 11 a.m.) LONDON. Aug. 15. Unrest in France flared up in the streets of Paris on Wednesday, when the police fired on demonstrators at the St. Lazare railway station. The police also broke up another demonstration at Porte St. Denis, one of the ancient gates of Paris. The Madrid correspondent of the Daily Mail reports that many were wounded. The Paris newspapers allege that Communists led the demonstrators. Fighting began at the railway station. The police charged the demonstrators, who reformed thenranks an hour later, whereupon more shots were fired by the police, whe also made arrests. The Porte St. Denis is a busy shopping neighbourhood, between the Opera House and the Bastille.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20636, 16 August 1941, Page 6
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