The Archive · 1940

Thai Prepared

Udo, Dec. 15, Thailand warplanes took off from the base at Udorn, near the French Indo-China border. at 5 a.m. yes terday when they were warned that French planes were approaching. They returned an hour later, however, when the French failed to appear.

Udorn has been raided twice by the French, on December 10 and 12. The total" casualties were three persons killed and seven injured.

This correspondent toured the bombed arcas and learned that the French used exceedingly small bombs on their second raid, burning only tone hut and killing three persons.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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