Neither searchlights, nor aircraft fire, nor fighter interfered with the attackers as they came evi' Barcelona, the Commission declares. About 60 bombs fell across the centre of the city, at approximately 7 p.m, (Spanish Reding the r of the attack, the Commissioners state that the bombs fell generally in a straight line, parallel to the coast, across the centre of the city, and a meat stance of two kilometres from the m the point who: he first bomb exploded, and the point where the last bomb exploded 00 metres.
Commission's report goes on "took place on a fine moonlight Saturday evening, which was also New Years Eve.
"At such a the main thoroughfares in that part of the ity, which had been immune from [attack since March, would be unusually crowded. m o bombs dropped were small and of a type unsuitable for att ing buildings er shippin, but signed primarily for use personnel. Material damage w consequence slight. ioners n a point t, but for the interval between the sounding of the alarm end the appearance of the planes. ihe casualties would have been much heavier, Deliberate Attack The Commission records that as usual, "it has had no opportunity of examining Nationalist intelligence [reports on Barcelóha, or orders issued to pilots, or pilots' reports on the raid.
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