SHOTS AT LAVAL
PRO=NAZI EX=PREMIER WOUNDED DURING PARADE OF,TROOPS FOR RUSSIA. ASSAILANTS DESCRIBED AS COMMUNISTS. LONDON, August 27. M. Laval, the pro-Nazi exPremier of France, was shot at and wounded at Versailles today. Two other men were also wounded. The attack was made during a parade at Versailles of so-calleded volunteers to fight against Russia. Laval was wounded in the arm and body. At first his condition was reported to be grave, but later he telephoned to his wife and told her that both the bullets had been removed. Two men, described as Communists, are said to have fired at Laval from a distance of a few yards.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 August 1941, Page 4
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108SHOTS AT LAVAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 August 1941, Page 4
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