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Attacks On Ships At Boulogne
THREE TONS OF HIGH EXPLOSIVE BOMBS, INTERSPERSED WITH SHOWERS OF INCENDIARIES, WERE DROPPED IN THE BOULOGNE HARBOUR DISTRICT BY FAIREY BATTLE AIRCRAFT IN A RAID CARRIED OUT| AT DUSK ON SATURDAY, STATES THE AIR MINISTRY NEWS ^ SERVICE.
They dived effectively on their objectives at intervals of two minutes, most of the bombs falling among ships and seaplanes.
The harbour was bombed altitude. from all sides at low The main pier was hit on se- veral occasions, but the main objective was the shipping.
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One seaplane, having evid- ently received a direct hit, came above the smoke of the
and
RAIDERS OF THE CHICKEN-RUNS
Convicted on four charges of
explosions In a thousand pieces.] heft, Chung On, 37, was sen- One British 'plane dived
Cenced to four months' hard la-) machine-gunned the anti-aircraft Sour by Mr. E. Himsworth at batteries and silenced them.
Kowloon this morning. His al-
Blenheim fighters which ac leged accomplice, Luk Yun, 28,
as an companied the raiders
vas given two months. the escort reported that when
Det.-Sgt. C. Dowman, prosecut- attack had ended, Boulogne Basin,
early yesterday was ringed by spreading flames.ing, stated that
morning Luk was arrested with a brass boiler in the street. Later,
Germany Bombed first accused admitted that he
Oil plants, munitions factories, stole it. aircraft stores and railway targets
After further interrogation, both!
in Germany were bombed and at-admitted that they stole two tur tacks made on 20 acrodromes in keys and six chickens from No. and 18, Somerset Road on July 29, north-west France, Holland
and five chickens on July 30 from Belgium.
Mr. Bander at the residence of No. 3, Kent Road..
All Reuter.
our aircraft returned.
Fierce Opposition ·
Further details of the air at- tack on Boulogne show that three tons of high explosive bombs in- terspersed with showers of in- diaries were dropped on the har-. bour by Fairey Battle aircraft of the Coastal Command.
Targets were enemy ships and formations of seaplanes assembled in the basin.
Despite fierce opposition from: ground defences the Battles dived effectively on the objectives at two-minute intervals. The har- bour was bombed on all sides from a low height.
The main pler at the entrance was hit several times but most of the bombs fell plumb among ships and seaplanes in the basin. Onel of the seaplanes struck came up
Both accused had previousj
convictions.
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PREPARING FOR AN
OFFENSIVE WHEN TIME COMES
"We are preparing for a world offensive
above the smoke of explosions in when the time comes," declared the Min-
a thousand pieces.
One section of anti-aircraft ister of Supply, Mr. Herbert Morrison, in a
guns was particularly troublesome
Ito an aircraft which attacked speech yesterday.
from the landward side of the hafbour so the pilot Interrupted his bombing and let his machine gunners deal with them.
One Dive Enough One dive and less than a hun-
dred rounds of small arm am- munition were sufficient to silence these enemy guns. Then the Bat- tle leisurely resumed the bombing attack on more important targets. When another Battle had un- loaded bombs squarely on two objectives, a heavy coastal bat- tery opened fire as it turned for home. Shells from this battery followed the aircraft to within
Three months ago, Mr. Morrison observ- ed, the situation was grave "but my mind is filled with thankfulness at the transformation which has taken place.
ANXIOUS
FOR
MOSLEY
four miles of the English coast. "Luckily you said this to a po- All the Coastal Command liceman and a policeman has self- bombers came back without the contral," remarked the Maryle- smallest damage.
bone Magistrate in fining · John Blenheim Aghters which escort-William Perring (32), manufaċ- ed the Battles report that when turer, of Belsize Road, Hampstead, the attack ended, Doulogne basin 40s. for using insulting words was ringed and criss crossed by and behaviour. spreading flame.-British Wire- legs.
COUPLE KNOCKED
DOWN BY CAR
“Although the position is not yet satisfactory we have put into the hands of the farmy weapons sufficient to enable it to carry out the immediate task successfully Jeven if thẹ call should come-to-
night,
"Behind the shield of the Bri- tish Navy, helped by the vast rë- sources of the Empire, the Unit- ed States and other neutral countries, and our absolute re- fusal to admit thought of de- feat, we have reached in a few short weeks a position where we can face any eventually with reasonable confidence. "Once the immediate peril is came to his traffic paint and past we shall be able to look for- said: "What charge have you got ward to a steadily mounting tally against Mosley?" He would not of armed might and striking paw- go. away, a crowd collected, and er."
A policeman said the accused
he became very abusive, saying, among other things: "What are you going to do with Mosley?"
Proper Planning
While walking hand in hand in He also said: "I will fight for After giving figures of, the im- Tung Lo Wan Road yesterday, the Germans, but I am I will mense annual turn-over of raw Miss Chau Stu-lan and her friend, fight for England."
material dealt with by the Minis-
Wong Man, were knocked down The accused said he had had try, Mr.. Morrison said that within by car No. 6462, driven by Mr. V.
a few drinks.
I. Peterson, of No. 403, Repulse Bay Road. Miss Chan and", her friend were both treated at the Queen Mary Hospital for head injuries.
MUI FONG SCHOOL PRIZE DAY
The Mui Fong College held its annual prize distribution at the King's Theatre yesterday when Madame Sun Fo distributed the nwards..
recent months this total had been swelled by very substantial' pur- [chases of finished steel from
America.
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He described as fantastically untrue a German statement that Britain was starved of material for steel as we had great sourten of iron ore supply in the' Em- pire and foreign countries, PEAK BURGLARY
Discussing post-war reconstruc- The residence of Capt. I. D. H. A short Chinese play was tion, Mr. Morrison said a great Helby, of No. 455, The Peak, was afterwards acted by some of the many weaknesses of pre-war Bri- entered between August 16 and teachers and students and pic-tain were the result of the lack of 17, and four silver ash trays were tures were shown of the activities proper planning of economy and stolen.
control. of the students of the Collegé.