THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 22, 1941.
England's Most Popular Best Seller, the Air Ministry's Account of the great days between August 8th and October 31st, 1940, tells the story of one of the greatest battles in history, the more dramatic as it was fought high in the clouds over the Southern coast of England. Here is the fourth instalment of "THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN."
THE LUFTWAFFE
IN RETREAT
The Official Account
(CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED)
On the 8th October the fourth | forming fantastic and beautiful forcibly illustrate the size of the and hal stage of the battle be- patterns in the summer sky were area over which the battles were gun. The enemy's strategy and often the only indication that the fought. That being so, it is better method of atunek
now changed Luftwaffe was over the capital. perhaps not to attempt to plot the completely. He withdrew nearly These pleased the eye and provid- | place of attack too accurately -- all his long range bombers and ed a subject for speculation in an almost hopeless task-but to tried to achieve his end by means streets and public resorts. Soon, refer to it simply as the Southern of fighters and fighter bombers, however, even these failed to at- marches of England. This change was the surest proof tract much notice. As the days that he had received such a ham- wore on, the
Londoner, always mering as to make further use of confident in the ability of the his depleted bombing force by Royal Air Force to protect him in daylight too costly. He preferred | hours of daylight, began to take to send it over by night and this he did in increasing numbers. His tactical us of his fighters and fighter bombers
a few of them were Me
110s, but they were mostly Me. 409s, fitted with murkeshift bomb carrier enabling them to take a pair of bombs at a speed of about 300 miles per hour was this:
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"ENCOURAGING POLYGAMY"
other step by
The battle in fact took place "Is there any roughly in a cube about 80 miles which Mr. Hollins would like to long. 38 miles broad and from live encourage polygamy among the to six miles high. It was in this men of the country?" asked Mrs. that protection for granted. Exp.m., that between 150 and 200 Frome, when
space, between noon and 12.30 Tate, Conservative M.P.
for cept when roof watchers --- the
#1 question about Prime Minister's "Jim Crows"
individual combats took place, "uninarried wives" was raised in signalled that danger was immin- Many of these developed into stern the Conanons.
chases which were broken within
a mile or two of the French Coast.
ent, life went on as usual and still does.
There can be no better tribute
The Minister of Pensions told Mr. James Hollins (Soc., Silver- town) that in the Government's view the circumstances did not of the beneñts
to the men of the Fighter Squa- "Achtung Schpitfeuer!" justify extension
drons.
It
summary,
U.S. NAVY CALL FOR RECRUITS
uf the personal injuries scheme to Sixteen squadrons of No. 11 the unmarried wives of men kill- Group, followed by five fromed by enemy action, Nos. 10 and 12, were sent to en- gage the enemy. All but one of the squadrons taking part in the battle were very soon face to face Spitfires with him. Five squadrons of
The United States naval re- opened their attack
service has called cruiting
fur against the oncoming Germans in 35,000 additional the Maidstone-Canterbury-Dover- June 30. The
enlistments by
action slightly before Dungeness area.
service explained These were In
the men were urgently needed for the Hurri-Uncle Sam's expanding fleets, says cane Squadrons which intercept- an Associated Press message from ed farther back between Maid-
New York. stone, Tunbridge Wells and South
London.