The first English-language media reports of the destruction in Guernica appeared two days later. George Steer, a reporter for "The Times", who was covering the Spanish Civil War from inside the country, authored the first full account of events. Steer's reporting set the tone for much of the subsequent reportage. Steer pointed out the clear German complicity in the action. The evidence of three small bomb cases stamped with the German Imperial Eagle made clear that the official German position of neutrality in the Civil War and the signing of a Non-Intervention Pact was a sham. Steer's report was syndicated to "The New York Times" and then worldwide, generating widespread shock, outrage, and fear. There was coverage in other national and international editions also: