The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
Injured
~.-- 90
AS Military
Fight Band
Major Attacks Pre-
ceeded By Earlier Raids
By Terrorists
SOLDIER KILLED
Newsman Witnesses One
Assault As Car Is Shat
.ered By Gunfire

JERUSALEM, Sunday, March 8.
-(P-A British soldier and four
Jewish Extremists were killed and
at least 20 other persons were
wounded yesterday as violence
Haired on a wide front inside the
tlghtly-cordoned military law zone
of Tel Aviv.
Wild shots cut power lines and
plunged part of Tel Aviv in dark
ness until exploding bombs ignited
a gasoline station and other small
buildings, sending up flames visible
for miles around. The Tel Aviv
battle lasted an hour and Is min
utes.
The nights four major attacks
on citrus house. the Sarona Camp.
the Jaffa police headquarters and
another diversionary Jaffa assault
at an undisclosed point in the city
We're preceded by other terrorist
raids earlier in the evening and in
the afternoon in Jerusalem. Haifa
and the boundary line between Tel
Aviv and Haifa.
Three British soldiers were
wounded seriously by exploding
hand grenades thrown at a mill
tary patrol In the Jerusalem secur-
lty zone near the Jewish Agency
building and the Goldsmith Of
ficers' club building, blasted last
Saturday with a loss Of Is lives.
Two policemen were wounded by
an explosion at an army camp in
Haifa and three civilians were
wounded by gunfire when a group
OF Jews attempted to storm a bar
bed wire barricade on the peril
meter of the Tel Aviv martial law
zone.
A newsman who witnessed the
attack at Citrus House said a band
of terrorists launched their assault
at 8 p. m. q p. M, ESD, hurting
explosives while others tried to
protect their bombadiers with a
neavy offensive of machinegun and
side arms fire.
The automobile in which the
neWsmen arrived at the scene was
riddled with bullets, as were sev-
eral houses surrounding Citrus
House. Bombs fashioned of gaso-
line cans blew up two British
Armored cars and BOBBY traps
made of steel helmets caused
casualties.
When the heavy barrage was
lifted by the fleeing attackers and
the gunfire dwindled to an occa-
sional burst of rifle fire, it was
determined that five persons had
been killed-one of the British de-
tenders and four of the attackers.
The night attacks climaxed the
bloodiest day OF violence since
the British clamped sections Of
the Holy Land under tight martial
law a week ago. Earlier today at
least eight persons were wounded
in three outbreaks in Northern
Palestine. No fatalities were re-
ported, however.
During the first phase of the
Sarona attack, a British constable
and an Arab policeman were
wounded by exploding grenades.
Guards at Citrus House engaged
in gun battles with terrorists in
the streets. Nine Jews were re-
ported officially TO have been
wounded and hospitalized, but it
was not determined whether they
were members of the attacking
band or residents of the area.
The outbreaks followed the inter-
ception by British sailors of a
ship attempting to land 600 Jews
on Palestine soil in defiance Of
British immigration restrictions.
An official announcement said
the ship, named Abril, was board
ed at noon off the port of Haifa.
Reliable Jewish sources said ap-
proximately 600 would-be immi-
grants were aboard.
Another immigrant ship was un-
officially reported to be in Pales-
tine waters, but this could not
be confirmed.