Among the chief buildings struck was a military hospital in the suburbs. No less than 20 missiles struck the building, the greater part of which was razed to the ground by tons of explosives, Two nurses were killed outright and many were injured although the inmates made for shelters as soon as the alarm was given, French quarters were bitter in their castigation of this attack for, they pointed out, the fact that 26 bombs fell on the'one building clear. ly showed the merciless bombing was no mistake, Military objectives in the vicinity of the house of mercy were-not even attacked, Another victim of the raid was a high school, The buildings were evacuated some ime ago, but some members of the staff were still in their quarters, None was injured, but there ws some material damage done, Several fires boke out as high-ex~ plosive bombs struck houses, but most of them were extinguished within a few minutes of their outbreak as well-prepared firemen were the spot with all the means neces sary to combat just such blazes.
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