THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 15, 1940
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NAZI DOCKS STRAFED NATURAL
Large-Scale Raids By Royal Air Force SUMMER Air Factories WEST POINT RECESS And Refineries RAIDS BY OUTLOOK
Although no statement
Bombed
has yet been made regard-| ŠAN AIR MINISTRY communique states ing the summer recess, it that on Saturday evening aircraft of the is expected in parliamen- Bomber Command attacked various objec- Houses will at most only tives in North-West Germany. Two of our adjourn from week to bombers failed to return.
tary circles that the
week.
The Prime Minister has more
tance his Government attaches to:
Bombers continued the attacks last night. The objectives included docks at Hamburg, than once insisted on the impor-Bremen, Wilhelmshaven and Emden, aircraft taking Parliament with them step factories at Bremen and Deichshausen, oil re- they find necessary for the safety fineries at Manheim and Hamburg, supply of the country and the victory of factories at Grevenbroich, Gelsenkirchen and Hamburg, and goodsyards at Hamm, the Osmabruck and Soest.
by step in whatever measures i
its cause.
At a time when events of most serious character are awaited it may be assumed that
Fourteen enemy aerodromes in concentrations at Bruges neither Government nor Parlia-Holland and Germany were also and St. Pierre, a few miles
ment itself would wish members attacked.
our bombers on to be other than at
One of
the north of Bruges, were immediate
way home shot down an enemy call,
fighter. All our aircraft returned destroyed yesterday when Blenheim bombers of the
In the meantime current le.
safely.
Coastal Command aircraft last'
gislative business must be com-night attacked ammunition dumps Coastal Command renew- pleted and political writers in at Harlingen, on the Dutch coast, ed the attack. the press all assume there will and concentrations of barges in the vicinity of Bruges, Hits were be further financial proposals at obtained causing explosions and an early date.
Ares. One of our aircraft is miss-incendiary jing-Reuter.
The Chancellor of the Exche- quer's recent warning of the need for further taxation is taken to mean he will introduce a supple- mentary budget.-British Wire- less.
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The Blenheims dropped many bombs and scored direct hits on the barges, and started many fires on the canal
bank.
One pilot, picked up by a con- centration of searchlights, bomb-!
Barge Concentrations In Belgium Bombed An Air Ministry bulletin ed that too, his bombs bursting In the middle of the ring of states that more barge light.
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The gunner of another Blen- heim fired down the beam of a searchlight and extinguished it.
*Much damage was'dône bỷ a Hudson aircraft of the Coastal
the Command during
night when the pliot bombed the Dutch harbour of Harlingen.'
His heavy bombs, exploded in warehouses adjoining the quay.
As he turned away he could see explosion after explosion in the. warehouses which were already in flames. The blaze was still visible when the aircraft was well out to sea.-Reuter.
Ground Defences Active
were very active, particularly over the enemy coast. Over Emden, A.A. fire was intense.
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Visibility was excellent, how- ever, and there was no difficul- ty in locating the objectives at Emden, where petroleum sheds, factory buildings and docks were heavily bombed.
About twenty tons of heavy bombs were spaced over the tar- get area and many fires and ex- plosions were
observed.-British Wireless.
POLICE
Several houses in West Point were raid- ed by Police parties between 12 midnight and 2 a.m. to-day.
Some 30 Chinese were taken into cus- tody.
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Wear Crookes and know what real eye- comfort means.
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With an expression of form- al regret to the Japanese na- val authorities and a strict' warning to all British shipping companies and vessels flying the British flag, the Sheng- king incident was closed Saturday night, says an of- ficial communique issued by. the witness section of the Ja- panese China Seas Fleet, says. Reuter from Shanghai. The Shengking is resuming on the .coastal service."
Chinese reports this after- noon stated that the Japanese have evacuated Shumchun in large numbers, leaving "only sonie.300 troops to garrison
the border town.
This report, however, could not be confirmed in official circles.
Mr. K. Okazaki, Consul- General for Japan" in Hong Kong, dented a rumour spread this morning that the Consulate had advised› Főr- mosans to evacuate, when questioned by the "China" Mail" this afternoon.
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THE TYPHOONS
The typhoon, the Royal Obser- vatory stated this morning, is now situated over the eastern part of the Sea of Japan, moving north- least.
The Pacific depression is cen- tred to the west of Guam, moving north-west or west-north-west.
Pressure remains highest over the Pacific to the east of the Bonins and is low over China and northern Indo-China,
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