Defenceless Cities; "Unskilled Squadron"
London, Sept. 2.
REPORT issued yesterday by the British Commission of Investigation, which had been examining alleged bombing of open towns in Spain, states that out-of 46 raids on Alicante, at least 41 were attempts to hit the port area or the railway station. The report deals altogether with fifty raid The investigations which are the basis for the reports were carried out at the request of the Spanish Republican Government, and in addition to attacks on Alicante: those on Barcelona are dealt with. The Commission visited Alicante on August 19 and 20.
Six out of the 46 raids on Alicante were the subject of special examination at the request of the Spanish Republican Government, and of these the Commission finds that two were deliberate attacks on the civilian area of a city, one was an attack on the main railway station, deliberate attack on a civilian area, or a badly aimed attack on the port' and marine station, conducted by an unskilled squadron,
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