The Archive · 1941

Fire Spreading to Boulogne

A huge fre could be seen blazing. between Boulogne and Calais, "and within a short time the attack began spreading towards Boulogne. painortly after, Bouloxne'itslt_ was being attacked' by Royal Air Force Bombers, which "continued "to roar across the "Straits. "Hundreds flaming onions were hurled into the sky' ina. continuous stream as the Germans fought back at the raiders, 'The attack' continued at a steady: crescendo for "more than an "hour, Feaching its greatest intensity late the evening. "Crowds of Britons were rushing to the sea front to watch the pyrotechnic display and the entire area here. was iit up by flashes and fires from" across" the Channel-—United Press.

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