German raiders winged over a North Ireland town last night, but the attack was on a minor scale. A few bombs were dropped on a southeast England coastal district but damage was slight—United Pr Roosevelt Confers With German raids on Crete have been carried out with unparalleled fury, according to advices received by the Greek Legation in London.
"The three principal towns, s, Canca, Heraklion and Rethymo, were neavily ploughed up by bombing which was carried out with mathematical precision so that eventually there was not a single stone left standing. People trying to get to their primitive shelters, particularly children, were ruthlessly machine-gunned. Raging fires completed the work of destruction. Hospitals, the wounded. ete, were not excluded in the general catastrophe.—Reuter.
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