DOVER COAST SHAKEN
GREAT EXPLOSIONS IN FRANCE
Recd. 6 p.m. London, Aug. 23. Mighty explosions behind Calais and Boulogne shook towns in the Dover Straits area this afternoon, and the whole coast shuddered for long periods. It seemed that either the R.A.F. was dropping great concentrations of the heawiet bombs on flyingbomb sites, o,- the Germans were demolishing their own fortifications. Bombers and fighters were heard crossing the Channel at regular Intervals.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 203, 25 August 1944, Page 5
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