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Hongkong Telegraph.
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No. 16239
二拜禮 歲七廿月八英港香
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1940. 日四廿月七
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GRAPHIC STORY OF LATEST AIR
BLITZKRIEG
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH**
BY
NAZI
BOMBERS
NAZI WARPLANES "ATTEMPTED_RAIDs over a WIDESPREAD AREA YESTERDAY INCLUDING FOLKESTONE, THE SOUTHEAST COAST, LONDON, THE SCILLY ISLES ÄND IRELAND, SAYS "UNITED PRESS" Message receIVED IN HOngkong thIS MORNING. Lato yesterday afternoon two large forces of German bombers flying at about 20,000 feet attempted to reach London, but were met by a strong force of British fighters over a southeast coast town.
A terrific air battle lasting for ten minutes followed, the planes fighting above the clouds.
A Story in Five Photos
HERE IS, in photographs, the graphic story of a German airman who failed in his attack on a trawler, The trawler shot down his plane' with its A.A. guna; the Nazi bailed out. By an irony of fate, he was rescued
· by 'the man he tried to kill.
At 5.20 yesterday after. noon people in the streets of London heard the drone of 9.30 enemy planes and at last night the air raid alarm in London was sounded,
However, no bombs were apparently dropped, British anti- aircraft guns and lighters going) into action immediately,
Taken Unawares
Rikonglethan a Vitet krent)
Folkestone
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RAID ON IRELAND: THREE KILLED
DUBLIN, Aug. 26 (Reuter)
but responders! reribes how at lea 1 30 dive isenbets. It is officially announced that a German bomber flew over the агел of Campile, Ballynitty. Dannow and Duncormick in County Wexford between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to-day.
fying from the sun bomb.ad the pl Town eesterday
207 they dew me the riffs
"The suddenness of the raid cought| prople in the street, including my- helf, he write
"Beturning home 3 found all thei windowa of my house shattered andį the ring bl
ring blown off, but he triephone was
still working, and I am telephon- Berg van story over it
AL 3 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, saya another "United Press message. strong Nazi air furem were attacking
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southeast coast town which was the serne af one of the biggest battles last Saturday
Brith #ghters went up to attack
the ronders above the clouda, and
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Bombs were dropped at each of these points.
A Co-operative creamery was wrecked.
Injured by falling "wasonry.
Three firls were killed and one
The Trian Charge", d'Astaires in Berlin has been, instructed to inake a strong protest to the Government and to claim full re
paration.
German
Children Machine-Gunned LONDON. Aug. 28 (Reuter).—In ****** the German attack
Con the Scilly Isles, off the Cornish coast, on Sun- day and to-day, Phildren the A
JEWELS FOUND IN A DITCH
-They Were Napoleon's
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHY
ROME, Aug. 26 (UP)—The "Garella del Popolo" of Turin publishes A Berne despatch describing how a German officer found the Jewels of Napolron and Josephine Benapart in a ditch Jurt south of Paris during the German advance Into France Just before the signing of the armis- Dee
According to the despatch, the relles were found off the roadside near some bombed motor trucka from which the Jewelu had spilled. It states that the Ger- man officer recognized the objects and consirned them to a nearby French Hospital.
1 touch wite machine-inued,
baby was blown out of its mother's
Eire Prótests DUBLIN, Aug 20 (Drene).-Nazi planes bembed three localities in Wexford County, Ming three per- sons, tize Fire Governmen!
bouneed
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It is anderstood that the Govern TURN to Pago 5, Column Four
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SHETLANDO ISLANOS-
Dublin
Waterford
Siumford
ANDS
"Kirkwall-
Aberdren
SCOTLAND
Newcastle
Bogger
Wall
Yonk reds
Manchester
"Sheffield
Sirmingham
NGLAND
Bristo).
Ipswich
HANH
Ranger,
Abranche
Southampton.
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NORWAY
MARK
Baburg Bremen
Brusselst
BELGIUM
Dutsridorf
•Cologne GERMANY
o Cebiebe.
Frankfurt-
Asorville
• Roma
PARIS
FRANCE
-Metz
THE GERMAN AIR FORCE SUFFERED CASUALTIES in their fierce attacks on Britain. In yesterday's raidı 55 Gorman fighters and bombers were brought down and other enemy machines were severely damaged. Successful Royal Air Force raids were directed against towns and industrial centres in western Germany.
ENEMY 'DROMES
ATTACKED
Berlin Districts Raided
LONDON, Aug. 26 (Reuter).An Air Ministry communique
9 states that yesterday R.A.F. bombers attacked a number of
BLITZ'
NEARER
Nazi Air Attacks
aerodromes in enemy-occupled territory in Holland and Belgium.
These attacks were continued after nightfall on aerodromes in northern France.
Operations In the Berlin area last night were hampered by poor weather conditions. Selected mili-
tary objectives werd aliucked, as were
Typhoon Threat To Tokyo Passes
Expected To Grow a anti-aircraft batteries and search. Storm Sweeps Seaboard
light concentrations on the outskirts
Other Areas Bombed
LONDON, Aug. 26 (Reater), of the German capital,
TOKYO, Aug. 27 (Domei).— -Germany, having suffered a
Heavy rainfall drenched the Tokyo very sharp reverse, may be ex- pected to increase the weight of depots
Other aircraft attacked supply district yesterday evening as a ty-
at Cologne, Hamm her air offensive against Britain, Schwerte. Docks at Bremen
and phoon swept Japan's eastern sea- were board. particularly at night.
also bombed. This authoritative view, writes attacked oil tanks at Cherbourg, sea- Aircraft of the Coastal Command "Reuter's"
The wind, while strong did not air correspondent, planes and "E" boats in Boulogne reach gale proportions in the Metro- was expressed in London to-day. harbour and docks at Flushing.
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nt
It is believed that Hitler's primary
From all these bombing operations, politan area where no damage was objective will still be defeat of the Ave of our aircraft have not returned, reported. RA.F., which has so upset his plans Coastal Command on patrol in the A Sunderland flying boat of the since the fall of France.
Thus Nazi bombs will be aimed Tromso area last night attacked mataly at aerodromes, aircraft fac-number of enemy flying houts Kories
anchor, sinking two, setting a third Industrial plants.
afre and damaging others. Thereby Hitler hopes chiefly to destroy the means which contribule to the whittling down of the offensivo power of the Luftwaffe and, to a less
and
Buxillary
Leaflets On Berlin SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"
BERLIN, Aug. 28 (UP)-In addi-
extent, diminish the scale of Rtion to incendiary bombs, British bombing of Germany
and
the
occupied territories.
Invasion Postponed
MINE SINKS A
DESTROYER
Latest Nazi "Atrocity"
British Loss Allegations
LONDON, Aug. 26 (Reuter).----The Admiralty announces that the des- troyer Hostile (Lieut- Commdr. A. F. Burnell- Nugent) has been sunk by an enemy mine,
The next-of-kin of the casualties, have been in- formed.
The Hostile was one of the vessels of the 2nd- Destroyer Flotilla which' participated in the memor< able attack on Narvik last April when Captain War- burton-Lee, of the 'des- troyer Hardy, was fatally wounded and awarded, posthumously, the first Victoria Cross of the pre- sent war.
Din Of Battles Over England Was 'Terrific'
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" planes last night dropped leaflets in · LONDON, Aug. 26, (UP).—At least three German
some parts of Berlin which the police quickly gathered up.
Invasion has not been abandoned man press, stated that Germany was dogfights over a southeastern town this afternoon,
The leaflets, according to the Ger- planes are believed to have been brought down in terrific although it may have to be post-under the stranglehold of the British poned until spring since time is cer- blockade and was facing the threat tainly getting short for the essential of inflation.
winter-knocking out" the R.A.F.
The din of continuous machine stone on the other side of the town, preliminary to be achieved before The leaflet also declared that the planes made it almost impossible twenty German planes have so far
gun fire and the roar of the blazing from stem to stern.
It is unofficially estimated that Rercut reconnaissance has not re- the RAF dominates the six. -
British navy dominated the seas os vealed.any
to hear ones voice.
been brought down over Britain to sign of preparation for "The German people must have
day." an imminent attempt at invasion.
lost their mind to let a Government- One German' plane was seen to Germany has spent the interval prosecute a war against such over between the end of the Battle of whelming
power," concluded the TURN to Page 5, Column Three caffet.
corkscrew dizzily to the ground Two, unidentified planes, very high where it crashed on the outskirts of over a southwestern town, carried. the town while another fell like a TURN to Page 5, Column Five
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
BERLIN, Aug. 26 (UP). -Germany's latest allega- tion against Britain is that her pilots are shooting down Nazi Red Cross planes while they are rescuing wounded Inviators at sea.
It is reliably reported that the German Government has sent a note to the British Government through the Swiss authorities, stating that Germany will take the sharpeat reprisals in the case of a repetition of the alleged [shooting down of Gorman red cross planes by British fighters. *More recently the British Government contended ・that
the Nazis were misusing their Red Cross planes and attempting to employ them either as decoys for their raiders or as reconnaissance planes. "Britain warned Berlin that per aistence in such practice would dow prive the Red Cross plates of their mmunity from attack which
| customarily theirs under international
low."
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