The Archive · 1940

French Reprisals Predicted Hanoi, Dee, 16

Heavy French reprisals were wet by an oil "here, yesterday numerous Thailand bombings of Freeh Indo-China errivery Satur and yesterday.

"Thal warplanes in eight bombing raids on four cities dropped more than "100 bombs, causing three French casualties and destroying. many homes, it was learned, oficial, in predicting reprisals, said that "bombs now are our only means of making representations to Siam, diplomatic wannels having been' cut off hone raid on Vientiane, capital of Laos, on Saturday: morning, se. Thal bombs killed one French sol-dig and wounded two others

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