The Archive · 1940

Raids In Germany

"Im Germany, marshalling yards wear Dueren and Euskirchen were Gombed and large fires started, A large convoy of vehicles near Wavre, south-east of Brussels, was machinegunned for 20 minutes, 'The enemy-Dvcupied aerodromes of Abbeville and Eibhoven, in Holland, were also rald~ fed during the night,' and force fires were seen to break out on Abbeville aerodrome, Describing daylight alr attacks behind German lines in France, the Dulletin "states: "Enemy transport columns were scattered and flung into confusion, tanks were heavily bomb= ed, armotired ears and motor lorries Were reduced by direct hits to twisted wreckage, "and marching troops machine-funned, when British bomb: ers ranged over the German right wing on the Bresle and Somme, delivering a series of shallow and deep "A detachment of German cavalry with) transports stampeded in all directions when bombers approached. One hundred incendiary bombs were dropped. by. shallow-diving bombers en petrol "dumps ina Wood near Abbeville. "There was a tremendous explosion, and the wood was a ging' mass of flames,"—Reuter,

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