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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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German air force raided Marseille harbor and city, killing 30; struck Rhone valley and air bases. Dunkerque shelled and bombed. French and Belgian forces counterattack in north amid Flanders evacuation, as Hitler advances toward Paris.
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30 Persons Reported As Victims
Germans Next Move Expected To Be On France
By The Scott Newspaper Syndicate
Hitler's lightning war struck through its gigantic air force at the south of France Saturday, raiding Marseille's great harbor and dropping two heavy bombs in the city itself, where thirty persons were reported killed.
The German air armada flying in squadrons of 21 to 36 planes also swept across the Rhine north of Basel Switzerland and struck at French air bases and roads and the industrial region of the Rhone valley. Two of the attacking German bombers were reported shot down by interceptors and anti-aircraft fire.
The French port of Dunkerque from which Allied troops are escaping from the Flanders "pocket", was reported subjected to heavy shelling and bombing by German artillery Saturday night.
Meanwhile, units of the French rearguard of French General Jacques Adolphe Prioux and Belgian troops who refused Leopold's order to surrender cut at the German force in northern areas With the Allies fleeing the trap of German steel In the north, Hitler was again directing his army towards the heart of France and Paris.
In connection with the evacuation of thousands of trapped troops from Flanders
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France
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Saturday
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thirty persons reported killed in marseille; two german bombers shot down
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German air force raided Marseille harbor and city with two heavy bombs; swept across Rhine north of Basel to strike French air bases, roads, and Rhone valley industrial region. Dunkerque subjected to heavy shelling and bombing by German artillery. French rearguard under General Prioux and Belgian troops counterattacked German forces in north during Flanders evacuation, as Hitler directed army toward central France and Paris.