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ia- .mss*' vat. THE PALACE RAID. .k OFFICIAL REPORT. (United Press Association Telegraph—Copyright). .:.. LONDON, September 15. It is officially claimed by Germany that oil and petrol tanks have been bombed near Buckingham Palace, and also that the Cunliffe Owen Aircraft factory at Southampton has been bombed, as a result. of which production would be held up for a few months. It is also claimed that the nearby aeronautical research factory, specialising in long range bombers, has been bombed. 5500 LONDONERS KILLED. LONDON, September 14. “The Times” correspondent of the German frontier reports: German newspapers announce that five thousand five hundred people 'have been killed in the London raids. They proclaim that the responsibility rests with Mr Churchill.
THE REPORT CRITICISED.
RUGBY, September 14.
German mendacity in*efforts to justify slaughter of civilians and destruction of private property is well illustrated in the enemy’s account. of the raid on Buckingham Palace. The official German report declares that several German bombers attacked London, including oil tanks close to Buckingham Palace. Needless to say, there are no oil tanks close to Buckingham Palace. The indiscriminate nature of the enemy’s night bombing is fully realised only by . those who have toured London, and its suburbs and outskirts. .Historical monuments, ancient churches,, aiid hospitals have suffered heavily, in blind bombing. Many stately houses and other buildings have been struck down. But it is among humble homes in the mean streets of the congested suburbs that evidence of Nazi fury is,, visible. Pathetic tales are told by piles of wreckage to which many houses, which were the pride of their occupants a few days ago, are now reduced.
FURTHER GERMAN CLAIMS. BERLIN September 14. The German High Command, in a report, states: “Our bombers on Friday again attacked London, and achieved numerous hits on docks, . warehouses, and factories, starting fires. “We also effectively bombed aerodromes, industrial plants, harbours, and railways in the south-east of England.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1940, Page 5
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