Britons Strafed While Shopping For Christmas
(Rec. 11 a.m.) LONDON. Dec. 18. Raiders over a town on the south coast of England today machine-gunned Christmas shoppers, a number of whom were injured. Two raiders dived on another south coast town, gunned a street and dropped a stick of bombs. A number were killed or injured. A raider bombed another town and demolished shops. Several bodies were recovered but a number, including women and children, are still believed to be under the debris.
A bomb dropped on a village on the south coast penetrated flats and caused great havoc. A second bomb wrecked a vicarage and a third fell in the garden of a seaside hotel.
It is stated in London that fewer than 10 raiders made last night's attack against: Britain.
Berlin radio said the Luftwaffe last night heavily attacked York and also other Yorkshire towns.
Berlin radio says that the Luftwaffe last night attacked an important traffic and industrial centre in the English Midlands.
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Northern Advocate, 19 December 1942, Page 6
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