REPORTS OF GERMAN FAILURE
(Received September 15, 6.30 p.m.) JERSEY CITY, September 14. Dr Charles F. Bove, head surgeon of the American Hospital in Paris, on his arrival from France, said that the Germans already had attempted and failed several times to invade England at different points. , Dr Bove described seeing hundreds of German bodies in the water near Cherbourg and added that the Germans were constantly practising for the invasion. They were forced to leap overboard and swim considerable distances, fully uniformed and equipped. Dr Bove declared that he was aware of the invasion attempts from personal observation and talking to responsible sources.
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Southland Times, Issue 24232, 16 September 1940, Page 5
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104REPORTS OF GERMAN FAILURE Southland Times, Issue 24232, 16 September 1940, Page 5
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