FEROCIOUS ACT.
GERMAN BOMBING. HOSPITAL SHIP SUFFERS. Received May 1, 10.35 a.in. BERLIN, April 30. TJio radio mentioned the Norwegian report of the bombing of the hospital ship Brand IV and claimed that German airmen, wore instructed to adhere to international law and never attack hospitals or hospital ships under the protection of the Red Cross, provided they are marked. The Norwegian Telegraph Agency lias interviewed the medical superintendent of the Brand TV, who said: “Five Gc: man bombers attacked us throe times. They must have seen the largo Rod Crosses painted all over the ship. “The effect of the attack was apappalling. Everybody aboard was moro or less seriously wounded by bomb fragments. The ship went aground and the Nazis machine-gun-ned us as we landed and kept up a merciless attack for over an hour.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 129, 1 May 1940, Page 7
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136FEROCIOUS ACT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 129, 1 May 1940, Page 7
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