WAR CASUALTIES IN PARIS
SHELL AND BOMB VICTIMS. K«ut«r. TAR IS, Dec. 20 Figures are announced regarding the number of persons killed during the German air raids and by the long-rango bombardment in the city, excluding suburbs. In 1914 45 bombs were dropped, in 1915 17, in 1916 61, in 1917 11. During the last 10 months of the war 1211 casualties resulted from 396 bombs. Aeroplanes and Zeppelins dropped 228 bombs in August, killing two and injuring 392 persons. Long-range cannon shells fired into Paris killed 196 and wounded 417 people.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17040, 23 December 1918, Page 7
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