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No. 142
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German Air Hordes Rain Bombs on Croydon Aerodrome: All-Day Air Conflict
STAGGERING NAZI AIR LOSSES
IN
UNPARALLELED BLITZKRIEG
12.30 P.M. REPORT NAZIS RAID CROYDON AIRPORT
1,000 Bombers Over England
144 Brought Down Up To Midnight LONDON, Aug. 16
(Reuter). The raids
on England yesterday Soviet
afternoon
and last
night transcend any- Finland thing previously ex- perienced.
It is officially estimated that well over 1,000 German bombers have participated in the raids.
This does not include the sup-
porting fighter planes.
It is officially announced that 144 German machines have been brought down up to mid- night.
The attacks are continuing. Twenty-seven Royal Air Force
fighters have been lost.. Eight of their pilots parachuted
to safety.
The official communique adds: "The Germans have achieved little success at a high cost."
Tension
15
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPḤ"*
GENEVA, Aug. (Domei).-Renewed ten- sion between Soviet Russia and Finland is reported in French Press despatches from Helsingfors.
It is claimed that the Red Army has massed 28 divisions along the Kare- han Isthmus.
Finland is taking pre. cautionary measures.
These include the re- quisitioning of all essential foodstuffs and fuel and the recalling of soldiers from leave.
Rumours are rampant that Soviet Russia is pre- zenting new demands to Finland.
Dramatic Action By Athens Censor
TENSION MOUNTS IN GREECE
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”
ATHENS, Aug. 15 (UP)—Tension has mounted consider. ably in Greece as a result of the torpedoing of the Greek cruiser. The Government has taken precautionary measures against any development.
Waterfront plers and wharves have been closed to the general public and restrictions in prohibited areas have been tightened.
Considerable tension in official clr cles is obvious to-night, although both the Government and the public remain calm until decialons can be reached.
No Italian Demands Yot Italy still has not made any de- mands on Greece but the Italian Minister visited the Premier; General Metaxas thia afternoon. General Metaxas subsequently held lengthy sessions with the Ministers of Marins and Aviation.
Tions to-night in order to convey the visitors bacle to the mainland with an escort of warships.
There is a general feeling on the part of the man in the street and also in semi-official ciroles that it may be only a matter of days—————“ (The United Press correspon- dent at Zurich reports that Die Greek consor disconnected the telephone at this stage. The 'Athena' correspondent was · telo- phoning the message to the Zurich office of "United Press").
Cabinet Holds Long Night Meating
4
LONDON, Aug. 15 (Reuter) General Metaxas, the Greek dictator, spent most of Wednesday night with
A VIEW OF CROYDON AIRPORT
THAI RECEIVES DEMANDS FROM JAPAN, REPORT
CHINESE SOURCES close to Chungking report this morning that Japan is believed to have presented certain demands, of a nature similar to those presented earlier this month to French Indo China, to Thai (Siam),
It is officially confirmed that a That delegation, which will include the Minister for Defence, Colonel Luong Promyorti, a representative of the Thal Army, Colonel Luong Yord, and a | representative of the Thai Navy, Captain Luong Yutostart,
are leaving Bangkok next Tuesday for Tokyo. :
They will travel from Bangkok
to Haiphong by air and
will
then embark in a Japanese ship PARACHUTE
fór Tokyo.
It is stated that a Japanese plane will be placed at their disposal at will Bangkok. In Haiphong they probably conter briefly with officials of the French Indo China ment.
Chungking.
govern
Bccording to these Chinese sources, received information of the alleged Japanese demands on That early yesterday.
Bases Wanted These demands, which stated to be similar to those presented to French Indo China, are alleged to be as
follows:
MYSTERY
Belioved Work Of Fifth Columnists
144 RAIDERS FALL FROM THE SKIES DURING WAR'S FIERCEST AIR ATTACKS
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
LONDON, AUG. 16 (UP).-THE STAGGERING · LOSS. - OF AT LEAST 144 PLANES-THE HIGHEST EVER RE- CORDED AND BRINGING THE TOTAL SINCE THE COM- MENCEMENT OF THE AERIAL BLITZKRIEG ON SUNDAY TO AT LEAST 318-WAS INFLICTED UPON THE GERMAN - AIR FORCE YESTERDAY.
Despite adverse weather the raids were on an unparalleled scale. Eye-witnesses describe the attacks on the north-east coast as 'tremendous.'
In one town, where the raids lasted for some time, salvos of bombs exploded in the working class residential districts. RAIDS CONTINUE INTO night
The raids were still continuing into late last night. Croydon was included in the attacks. Nineteen R.A.F. fighters have been lost.
1.
safety!
Five British pilots parachuted to
Scores of fierce battles were fought thoroughout the day, in which hundreds of British and German machines literally filled the sky as they twisted and turned in their efforts to gain the advantage.
The invaders were met with tornadoes of bursting shells. MASS RAIDS ON COAST
LONDON, Aug. 15 (Reuter). --A-mass-formation-of-German- bombers raided the south-east this afternoon.
MOST SAVAGE AIR
Flying at a great height, they ATTACKS
passed over the coast from where scores of bombs could be seen and heard bursting on land. R.A.F. fighters quickly upproached and broke up the enemy formation, chasing them out to sea,
A barrage balloon was brought down in flames and three Spitfires
OF
WAR
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”"
NEW YORK Aug. 15 (UP).-Germany's bombers struck at the outskirts of metropolitan London to-day, climaxing the moat savage attack of the war on the British Isles.
To-day's serial attacks rose engaged two bombers which were close to a blitzkrieg crescendo as caparated from their formations and a crisis developed in Greece. one bomber crashed into the sea, with indications that some An Air Ministry communique Italian move is imminent there states that further enemy attacks had SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
taken place in several areas of the possibly timed to coincide with
a full-scale attack on Britain. LONDON, Aug. 16.(UP)-south-east this evening. Further indications that the
Gorman Claims parachute "scare" may have been the work of fifth columnists in England was provided to-day with the discovery of some parachutes in a field of grain.
Investigation disclosed that the grain had not been trampled down or disturbed, as would have been the case had the parachutists landed |
com the air,
Sabotage Instructions
BRILLIANT VICTORY
30 Fighters Beat 200 Messerschmitts
Croydon Acrodrome Attacked
The official DNB news agency In Berlin claimed that German planes Bombs were dropped оп and have flown over London during the around Croydon Aerodrome. Som day in order to attack points in the LONON, Aug. 15 (Reuter) damage was done but detalls are not Thames Valley-the great waterway The RA.F. scored another bril- yet available.
which is one of the arteries of the llant victory in a one-sided battle city's commerce,
between 30 Spitfires and Hurri- Britain admitted that Croydon Arcanes and 200 Messerschmitts in port and Tilbury had been attacked.
But the Germans, despite their own the south-west area this evening. claims, appear to have paid heavily for their temerity.
Reports so far recelyed have shown that in all areas during the day 88 enemy aircraft have been destroyed, 11 of these being shol down by anti-aircraft fire. Nineteen of our Lighters were lost but Ave of their pilots are safe,
It is stated at a coast town, which had the tail end of the fight, that any- Latest reports indicate that at thing up to 20 enemy planes were least 88 Nazi machines wore brought accounted for. down in the course of the day-the Germaans who had 'baled out were highest daily record of the war. being brought into town from all
Eleven of the Nazi machines were directions. brought down by archie fire.
There was one fatal casualty when Nineteen Spitfires and Hurricanes 80 German bambers raided the south. were lost, only five of their pilots cast coast in the evening, saving their lives by parachuting to Alt bomba fell near the sen front,' In shall being wrecked by a cluster of
four bombs.
Near some of the parachutes were written instructions, in German, R.A.F. Defondors. Busy purporting to have been issued to the
LONDON, Aug. 15 (Reuter).—To- parachutiste, und telling them what, where and when to carry out sabotage day continuous attacks on the south
east coast towns and on atrodromes: operations.
It is believed these "instructions" kept R.A.F. defenders busy through- were deliberately dropped. Other out the day.
Watchers on the coast witnessed earth. 1.—Establishment of Japanese evidence indicates that the whole
scores of fierce battles as wave after Nazi claims continued on n fantastic naval, military and aerial bases in thing was a hoax.
wave of raiders approached the coast, scale. They said to-night that 98 Thai;
New Typo Of 'Chute
A tornado of bursting shells from British planer had been brought down SPECIAL TO" thr "teleGRAPH" anti-aircraft guna met the invaders in the course of the day's operations STOCKHOLM, Aug. 15 (Domel).—and as they passed trhough the over England. 3-Mutual Assistance Part be-The London Correspondent of the barrage, bursts of machine-gun fire
Admit Big Losses tween Tal and Japan;
Right of transit on That Government railways;
Dagens Nyheter", states that the could be heard as those running the
4-Closer military navaj and Turn to Page 2, Fifth Column Turn to Pago 2. Fourth Column Losses were greater than on any
cooriomis collaboration,
A semi-official Chinese source, commenting on the above report, tald the "Telegraph":
"We have heard reports that Japan | has presented certain demands to That
"Chim naturally is interested in the report and investigations are
the braakwater and had aboard a his Cabinet ministers after a meeting being carried out.
fronter
R. A. F. WRECK HAVOC
ON OIL STORES
of
But they admitted that their own
other day in the offensive. Twenty- nine German planes, they say, have falled to return to their boses.
- Now the Germans have some- thing else to worry about; · Britain, it seems, has perfected a new de- fensive system which employs secret "plane trap,"
#
The nationality of the submarine which torpedoed the cruiser Helle will doubtless remain a mystery, since it was awash when it fired the torpedoes and was barely visible.
The Helles was lying 3,400 feet off
It was tried out to-day and com- pletely wrecked a Naxi bomber, crew of 100 men. One of the crew with the Italian Minister in Athena. "Unlike Indo-China, Thul has no
All the occupants were killed. ;* LONDON, Aug. 15 (Reuter).—An extraordinary scene was killed outright when the torpedo
the common
Meanwhile, despite the adverse Presumably debit, with struck the engine room. Two others vicious Italian campaign now being Nevertheless, any Japanese-invasion Wednesday night in highly successful raids by a strong force of with China. destruction was witnessed by the R.A.F. pilots participating on
weather conditions, the R.A.F. has were so severely injured that they conducted in the Press and radio.
not been idle and has returned in good are dying
The Italian allegations started with as it would, Britain, who has com-heavy bombers on oll refineries and storage tanks on Girende, measure the bomba dumped by the
Nazis. Semi-Panic Breaks Out the murder of Daut Hoggin, which mon frontiers, in Burma and the near Bordeaux, according to the Air Ministry news service.
An Air Ministry communique re- There was semi-pante, among the they sold was a political killing. Malay States, with Thal
These installations are stated to. Wednesday night's operations, saya ports that several points in Germany Italian Press Abuso 10,000 visitors to the island, who had
be among the most important in the Air Ministry news service, may and German-occupied territory were proceeded there to hold a religious The Press la how screaming abuso
France, and since the German oc- well have entirely deprived the Ger- Amongst these was Cologne,
severely bombed during the day, Scelebration VNA NA
at Greece and her relations with Thal has treaties of commerce, and eupation, the enemy doubüms, have l pasIt is understood that the Govern- Britain and her oppression of the Al- navigation @y with, astmong other been making full me of this valuable mans of their use, for it la belleved. Four Brilah planes falled to return
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