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THE ATTACK ON FREYBERG. STRONG GERMAN PROTESTS. CHKAP GLORY IN ATTACKING I'NDEFEXIiKD TOWNS. (Australian and N.Z. and Reuter.) Received April 18, 11.;i5 a.m. LONDON", April 17. A Berlin official message states that 23 aeroplanes attacked Ftvyburg on Saturday, when 11 were, killed and 27 injured. The university was considerably damaged. The municipal theatre, institutes, and infirmaries were attacked. Three British aeroplanes were brought down. The leader of the attack, who is a British lieutenant-colonel, was taken prisoner. According to his statements and a fly-sheet thrown down, the attack was made as a reprisal for the torpedoing of the Gloucester Castle. Such justification is combated in vigorous language, and it is declared that Britain must take the consequences of despising Germany's warning against the misuse of hospital ships. A revengeful attack on an open town in which there are no military objects is cheap glory.
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Waikato Times, Volume 88, Issue 13463, 18 April 1917, Page 5
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