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APPENDIX VII.
Air Attacks on Enemy Territory in Europe.
Extracts from Recent Raid Assessment Reports.
THE following reports of damage have been received during the past week from Air Reconnaissance and Intelligence sources:-
Germany.
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Berlin. Preliminary reports of the raid on the 7th/8th November indicate that bombs fell in the Moabit area and Tegel district. Hits were obtained in the goods yard of the Lehrter Station and a stick of bombs fell close to the Hansa Platz. A further report of the raid on the 7th/8th September states that 400 people were killed and 900 wounded. What is called an air mine" (thought to refer to a 4,000 lb. bomb) fell in the Seller Strasse in the Nordhaven district. Apart from street casualties, many people in the surrounding cellars had their lungs burst. The effectiveness of this weapon is stated to have caused considerable trepidation.
Hamburg-Further reports of the raid on the 15th/16th September indicate that the Elbe Bridge was closed for a day. Many bombs fell in the districts of Harvesterhuderweg and Uhlenhorst on each side of the north end of the Alster Lake.
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