WHAT DOVER SUFFERED
Four Years’ Bombardment LONDON, October 1. It is disclosed that 107 were killed and 200 seriously wounded during the four years’ bombardment of Dover by German longrange guns. Forty-nine were killed in one incident when a hospital was hit on September 26 which was the worst day the town has had. Fifty shells fell in one hour. Dover, which was the main target, had a total of 2226 shells during the war. Shells killed 50 in three other frontline towns—Deal. Folkestone and Ramsgate. Dover also had 464 bombs, as the result cf which 109 were killed, and 144 seriously injured. The damage to property was very large. , i I I j
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVI, Issue 23013, 3 October 1944, Page 5
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