Malta, June 12.
Enemy warplanes cartied out a series of air raids on Malta yesterday. The first alarm was sounded at 7 a.m. (local time), when heavy anti-aircraft fire was heard. Some bombs were dropped, but most of them fell in the sea, and Uttle damage was done.
'There were a few civilian casual-tes, including women and children, 'An' empty hospital. was enemy planes brought down.
'The all-clear was sounded after an hour, but was followed five minutes later' by a second alarm which lasted half an hour.
'Three more raids occurred between 9 am. and 10am. The sixth warning was given at 245 p.m, last~ ing a quarter of an hour. No' firing was heard on this occasion.
The population behaved splendidly and remained perfectly calm during the repeated alarms. Curfew is now in force between 8.30 pin. and am.
=Reuter.
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