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Shells Land in Village PANIC-STRICKEN INHABIPANTS (Received 21, 11.43 a.m.) METZ, Aug. 80. The inhabitants of Altuiller, on the river Moselle, beeame panic-stricken when shells fell in the village. They wero fired by Maginot Line artillerymen carrying out manoeuvres, who had pointed thp guns in the wrong dirpo^ |;ion, The shells were "duds,'* but several houses were datnjaged. The villagers took shelter in cellars while the mayor telephoned the military authorities anj stopped the bombardmenti within a fe\y minu(es.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 184, 21 August 1937, Page 5
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