The Archive · 1940

Ruhr Area Suffers

London, Oct. 23.

RAP, bombers on Monday staged tone of the earliest and fiercest attacks of the war on industrial centres in the Ruhr aren, the Ale Ministry said yesterday. yesterday the Ruhr district experienced one of the earliest night raid alarms of the war," the communique said: "when at "7.30 pin. raiding force of our heavy bombers opened a lightening attack on all refineries near Dusseldorf.

"For 10 minutes high explosive and incendiary bombs rained on the plant and 14 separate fires were slarted in the target area, "Many explosions occurred and several big fires were started in raile way yards at Dusseldorf-Dernedort Bombs also were dropped on the Fallway main Ting south-west of Dus-Sellorf and on" an aerodrome Stade."—United Press.

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