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Heinkel Bomber Crashes Near North Berwick
RAIDERS IN LARGE NUMBERS ALONG EAST COAST GEN. STERN
London, To-day.
THE AIR MINISTRY ANNOUNCES that an enemy ARTILLERY
aircraft was attacked by R.A.F. Fighter Com-
mand patrols and crashed near the Firth of Forth ACTIVE shortly after midday yesterday.
Another German plane was seen off the north-east NEAR SAAR
coast of England, and British fighters imme- diately ascended.
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defenceless
Paris, To-day.. Last night's French war communique stated that be- tween the Moselle and the Saar artillery has been more active on both sides.
The enemy plane which crashed near the Firth of
Forth is believed to be a Heinkel bomber. The machine just missed a naval dredger and telegraph wires and then shing-boat. The shing boat was not hit, but it is feared that two mem- struck a fence before crash-bers of the dredger's crew lost their ing in a field near North lives when a lifeboat was swamped. Berwick.
The dredger was sunk. This was the Other Nazl planes were seen off the English and Scottish coasts, and Bri-shore and at one point a large crowdflicted on the enemy.
from the tish fighters engaged them.
watched two German 'planes attempt During the rald bombs were aimed to bomb a ship. at shipping. - Reuter.
NAVAL DREDGER BUNK
Havas says that during the course of the raids, the Nazi 'planes bombed
AID BEFORE IT IS VAIN
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") LONDON, TO-DAY. IMMEDIATE AID TO FINLAND BEFORE IT 18 TOO LATE 18 DE- MANDED BY THE “DAILY MAIL" WHICH STATES, "TIME 18 RUS- SIA'S BIGGEBY ALLY. SHE CAN BACRIFICE MEN And mateRIAL IN ENDLESS WAVES, SHE GAN SEND THEM UNTIL THE FINNS OAN ENDURE NO LONGER AND THEIR RESISTANCE BREAKS. THAT TRAGEDY-MUST BE AVERT. ED,"
THE JOURNAL CONCLUDES BY EXPRESSING DOUBT WHETHER ALL COUNTRIES WHICH PROMIS. ED ASSISTANCE. TO FINLAND HAVE FULFILLED THEIR PRO- MISES. HAVAS.
EMERGENCY
OPERATION ON
LORD TWEEDSMUIR
Ottawa, To-day,
A bulletin issued at 6:15 last even- ing (G.M.T..) -itates that Lord Tweedsmuir's condition became more throughout the night, and morning an emergency. tre-
eration was pe
temporarily rellev intra-
Beuter
only Nazi success in the raid.
The raiders were seen
-A number of bombs were dropped around the ship without damaging her and then some R.A.F. fighters came up and drove the Nazis off.-Reuter.
150 NAZI PLANES IN THE AIR
Copenhagen, To-day. Great aeroplane activity was re- ported from the German air base on the island of Sylt at about 6-o'clock last evening.
Fully 150 planes were seen in the air at once, and an hour later five squadrons were seen flying westwards,
Reuter,
Several Vessels Bombed And Machine-Gunned
and
London, To-day. Several vessels were bombed machinegunned at noon off the East Coast by a German plane.
Ten minutes later three Britjeh planes appeared but the German ́machine had disappeared. As far as can he ascertained damage was done.
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CHAGRES BUNK Off the north-west coast, however, the steamer Chagres (8,400 tons) was sunk by enemy action. Two of the crew of 64 are missing. The 'remain- der were landed and the injured taken to hospital.
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It was learned last night that In addition to the attacks by Nazi aircraft off the north-east const and the Firth Forth, raiders
were engaged.
by
patrols at various point north as Patárhead, In shiro.
fighter far
onth, fighters pursued three low over the water, ent to the assis- which was being
Reuter
TO RETURN TO THE EAST
(SPECIAL TO "CHINÄ MAIL") Helsinki, To-day.
General Boris Stern, con- sidered to be one of the best Soviet commanders, has left the Finnish Front for the Far East, usually well-informed reports reaching here state.
It is recalled that General Stern,
who replaced General Blucher in the
Far East, whs called to the Finnish Front in January to remedy the dis- astrous situation.
in his
An enemy air raid was repulsed. on Thursday & severe encounter took departure to the Far East an indica-.
During a reconnaissance carried out
Finnish newspapers place, during which the French detion of trouble possibly brewing be- tachments suffered some losses, which were, however, inferior to those In-
tween the US.S.R. and Japan-Havas.
In Berlin, a German High Command GERMANS TAKEN OFF
communique states: "At Forbach our covering patrols encountered a sup- erior enemy reconnaissance patrol. The enemy lost several prisoners.
"German planes engaged in frontier reconnaissance flights but did not make contact with the enemy." Reuter.
CARVALHO ARAUJO (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Lisbon, To-day. The French Navy took two Ger- mans of military age off the Portu- guese ship Carvalho Araujo, bound for Lisbon from Madeira.-Havas.
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