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      Incendiary leaves are apparently an effective weapon and have 
      created considerable havoc where they had been dropped.
 
      Leuna. The large and modern synthetic oil plant has received 
      direct hits. The Politz synthetic oil plant has 'been damaged.
 
      Rheinfeiden. The new aluminum works, just about to begin operations, 
      have been badly damaged; and, as power house and furnaces were 
      hit, production was stopped at the old factory also for a week.
 
      Le Havre. The top story of a barracks has been burnt out, and 
      considerable damage has been done to sheds docks.
 
      Dunkirk. Photographs disclose extensive damage to docks and railway 
      sidings.
 
      Lorient. A barracks was hit and severe casualties caused amongst 
      troops quartered there. Several ships have been sunk by mines 
      in the estuary.
 
      Flushing. The paraffin cisterns have been hit and town is being 
      evacuated each night, although Germans thinking that presence 
      of Dutch will deter attack, do not wish for total evacuation.
 
      Reports from Amsterdam state that the Dutch are particularly 
      impressed by the accuracy of Royal Air Force bombing, although 
      a general impression, derived from various sources, exists amongst 
      them that material effect is comparatively slight owing to small 
      size of the bombs used.