London. May 31 Operations for the possession of the "British bulwark of Crete" were approaching their end and. enemy resistance had collapsed, claimed a German High Command communique last night, which stated that in burning heat and extremely dificult terrain, German forces had beaten and scattered the "enemy."
Linking up with the parachutists rear Retimo had been completed parachutists taking the town and aerodrome of Heraklion after bombs had landed.
Dazed children wandered about, crying for their parents, some of whom were looking frantically for their young.
Clad in blue, flowing robes, the of St. Vincent de Paul, whose orphanage, housing 300 children. was y, aided the A.R.P. workers ind military authorities in reuniting families and digging for trapped persons. The orphans suffered only from shock.
The first of three bombs fell at 45 a.m. on the North Circular Road and blew up three dwellings and started a fire.
While firemen were pouring water on the flames, fifteen minutes later another whistle was heard. Firemen and spectators fell to the ground and. glass filled the streets asa bomb fell nearby and demolished eight houses, burying the occupants. Ten utes lat a bomb fel] on the North Strand.
Troops, A.RP. squads and! ambulances rushed to the scenes of the bombings which were within a radius of a quarter of a mile.
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