THE ALEXANDRIA RAID
ARAB EXODUS CONTINUES CTTY REMAINS CALM ALEXANDRIA. (Rec. 9.30 p.m.) June 10. The continued exodus of the Arap population provides an amazing sight. About 40,000 left the city.by tram, and at least two or three times that number are expected to leave within the next two days. Soldiers are picketing the entrances to the main station, and trains leave continuously. Women with babies even ride on carriage roofs. The city remains calm. ' . .' It was announced in Cairo to-day that 410 persons were killed in the raid on Saturday night. The raid last Wednesday resulted in 147 killed and 92 injured.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24630, 11 June 1941, Page 5
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