CLAIMS BY ENEMY.
OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUES.
(Rec. 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 3. The Bremen radio alleges that 13,000 persons have been killed and injured in London “since the reprisal attacks began.” . A German communique claims that air raids against London and numerous military objectives in the south of England and the Midlands caused heavy damage. It says that several enemy planes penetrated the northern and western frontier regions of Germany and that German occupied territory was also bombed without causing damage to objectives of military or of war economic importance. An Italian communique reports that the enemy raided Gura but caused neither damage nor casualties. Other raids at Elwak, Buna and Assab resulted in. altogether, three persons being killed, and nine being injured with insignificant material damage.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 263, 4 October 1940, Page 7
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126CLAIMS BY ENEMY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 263, 4 October 1940, Page 7
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