TOWN BOMBED
I 111 I ■■ IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA ACCORDING TO VICHY OFFICIAL REPORT. DENUNCIATION OF GENERAL DE L’ARMINAT (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) ( VICHY, October 26. t It is officially -announced that , whites and natives were injured ( when rebel planes, under orders ( from General de I’Arminat, bomb- j ed Lambarene in Equatorial Africa. j An official statement declares: “Be- ( fore attacking Lambarene, the planes ' flew over the town dropping leaflets inviting the population to submit or c evacuate women and children and ( other non-combatants. ] “The blood of Frenchmen flowed in ■ this new crime l , which was clearly ) premeditated and is added to those al- , ready committed at Dakar and Oran. We condemn the attitude of this form- i er French officer, for which the British r Government and people have only con-j j tempt.” 1 j
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 October 1940, Page 5
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134TOWN BOMBED Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 October 1940, Page 5
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