The Archive · 1940

Nazis Attack Refugees With

German planes have botnbed a has pital in-a French village in the Marne region, Killing a number of patients, the Royal Air Force announced today. Sixteen other villages in the area were subjected to German aerial at-tucks," Many of the victims of the German bombs and" machine-gun bullets were children, the RAP. reported." School books and celluloid dolls wore found scattered among the debris in the villages, the RAP. re-ort asserted. 2 Rheims experienced nother air m at 4.10 pam, yesterday, its 2rd since Briday.

Refugees siveaming into the Cham= pagne province recounted how they had been terrorized by German Heinkel planes which swept down on them time and again, The Heinkels would dive (0 roof-top level and pour A tornado of Lead into litle refugees streaming. toward tas, they reported.

'A French soldier of the Ardennes "Regiment said that he "saw a Heinkel bomber power dive over an aged couple who had been Heft bel the main group of refugees. people. were trudging along arm farm when the German plane mowed 1 do ie dog they were fead-ing with a pice of string' was also killed—United. Press.

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