The Archive · 1940

Acillery Duel Over Channel

Dover, Sept 10 Tons of stoot peppered! the French British coasts Inst night as Ger:

ian and British long range guns fired salvo after salvo of shells inthe rst real and sustained trans-Chantel artillery duel of the Meanwhile British pi wes bombed 'German' gun empkicements on" the French coast in"one of the most violent air attacks to date, but the uns still fired at 10-sninute intervals, Some of the shells landed in the Dover area, although casualties were slight. "The shelling died down at pan—United. Pres Pondicherry Rallies to General de Gaulle Pondicherry, French India, Sept. 9. The colonial government has rallied to the cause of General de Gaulle, has denounced the Vichy Gov-

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