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Hongkong Telegraph
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No. 16239
二拜禮·號七十月八英港
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1940. 日四廿月七
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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 AND IRELAND, SAYS "UNITED PRESS" MESSAGE RECEIVED IN HONGKONG THIS MORNING. Lato yesterday afternoon two large forces of Corman bombers flying at about 20,000 foot 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.
At 5.20 yesterday after-
A Story in Five Photos noon people in the streets of
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. guns; the Nazi bailed out. By an irony of fate, he was rescued by the men he tried to kill.
London heard the drone of enemy planes and at 9.30 last night the air raid alarm in London was sounded.
However. no bomba were apparently dropped, British anti-) aircraft guns and fighters going into action immediately, “
Taken Unawares
C. Hekingbatham a "United Press" correspondent at
dr. Folkestone
RAID ON IRELAND: THREE KILLED
DUBLIN. Aug. 26 (Renter).
reribes how at tenet 30 dive tombris. It is officially announced that flying from the run, bombed the coast | n German bomber flew over the town yesterday afternoon flew over the ¢RIT»,
they area
The suddermens of the rald caught people in the streets, including my [self", he writes,
"Returning home & found all the windows of my house chattered and the roof blown off, but the telephone was still working, and I am telephon- ing this story over it."
At 3 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, | Fay's another."United Press" atnssage, strong Nazi ale forces weer attacking Boutheast coast town which was this sectie of one of the biggest battles! last Saturday
British Aghter weed up to attack the elders above the clouds, and
only possible to watch FITI ocensional glimpse of the battle
wan
of Campile, Ballynitty, Dannow and Duncormick in County Wexford between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to-day,
Bombs were dropped at each of these points.
A Co-operative creamery was Wrecked.
Three girls wele killed and injured by falling manney,
| pineation
one
The Irish Charge d'Affaires in Berity has been instructed to make a strong protest to the German Government and to claim full re-
Eira Protests
DUBLIN, Aug. 20 (Domel)----Nazi LONDON, Aug. 26 (Reuter).—A ¡planes bombed three localities ነኑ large number of bombs, inchiding in- "Wexford County, killing three per- cendiaries, were dropped during A SOTIS, the Dire Government an- rald m Folkestone this afternoon. noured.
Attack On Folkestone
Damage was done to property and,
la number of casualties were caused I understood that the Govern- ment Trediately instructed Uhe but no Bies were started
Three Messerschnitta attacked the Irish Charge d'Affaires at Berlin,
balloon Diver
wo Mr. Willtare Warnock, in protest to nord barrage
the Nazi Government, demandleg balloons fell in flames,
all reparation.
Enemy Fails To Reach London LONDON, Aug. 26 (Reuter} The attempt made by enemy raiders to reach London this afternoon was un- Rezevessful.
town.
Two large forces of bembers flying; at 20.000 feet were met by a strong. force of fighters over a south-east |
For ten minutes terrific battle. raged over the clouds, the machines being visible only at brief Intervals through breaks in the clouds.
Scilly tiles Raids
LONDON, Aug. 20 (Neuter).m Some 150 bombs were dropped on the Scilly Isles this morning and yesterday..
Children on a bench were machine- gunned and several were wounded.
A girl was killed by a bullet,
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THE GERMAN AIR FOrce sufferED CASUALTIES in their fierce attacks on Britain. In yesterday's raids 55 German 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.
U.S. Admiral Believes War With MINE SINKS A
Japan In Pacific Is Inevitable
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAFH"
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, U.S.N., formerly Chief of Staff of the United States Fleet and now Naval Critic for the United Press fears that war in the Pacific is inevitable and here discusses the reasons for his conclusion.
By REAR ADMIRAL YATES StirlinG
U. B. N. IRTO.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (UP)-It seems evident that unless the United States About 50 rounds of machine-gun and Japan can compose their mounting differences, war in the Pacific, long pro- TURN to Page 3, Column One phesied by strategists and economists, is inevitable.
fire were directed at a hotel which;
50 Casualties in Raid
On South Coast Town
about 16.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
,...
Diplomatic tension between | area and Kodiak Island and Sitka in Canton Island of the existing for years, is the reason equator, and Pagopago in Samos are for the great preponderance of also to be fitted as air bases, our naval strength being main-
Far East Squadron tained in the Pacific..
the United States and Japan, Alaska.
Phoenix group, just south of the
Closely tied to the fleet at Hawall is a small fleet now in the Far East Breaking-Point Reached
-actually only a detachment-con- Since Germany overran the Low sisting of one cruiser, one squadron Countries and defeated France, that of overage destroyers, one flotilla of tension has reached breaking point. overage submarines and one overage
Reason; the rich Dutch East Indies aircraft-carrier.
French Cochin-China, both coveled by Japan.
Should war come between America and Jopon it would be a navol, war fought mostly in the Orient. This country would be at an initial dis- advantage but not necessarily a fatal
and
one.
In the event of war this weak detachment would be called upon to perform a heroic task-fight, s delaying action, against the enemy attempting to oocy the Philip- pines until our mala feet could arrive.
DESTROYER
British Loss
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. 606444444
RAID ON BERLIN?
LONDON, Aug. 26-(UP).-It is reported that about 50 people were killed and injured in a southeastern town when eight bombs, some of which were "screamers," were dropped last night after parachute flares had illuminated the district.
Officials estimate that in the Searchlights picked up a plane course of today's raids the flying west to east after which Rght
At present, so far as is known due Nazis used 500 planes and losting planes were heard taking to the
skies.
Ficots Analysed
to Japanese naval secrecy, our navy has At 8.50 p.m. the Air Ministry an-}
This is a pleture of opposing fects to Japan's nine in battleships. We
numerical superiority of 16 SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH' In addition, says a "Domel" report nounced that at least 37 Gear and bases: the United States fleet of have only equality, if not less, in Berlin inhabitants again scurried
BERLIN, Aug. 27 (UP), had been destroyed quoting an official communique, the planes Faiders lost 43 planes in their Sunday Britain to-day, while 16 British under-age fighting ships in commis-TURN to Page 3, Column Two to their shelters in the early, night.raids.
planes had been lost, although six of the pilots were reported safe. To-day's raids on Folkestone were apparently a continuation of effort to terrorise civilians an effort which was Inaugurated on Saturday when Indiscriminate bombing was carried out over the Portsmouth and Rams
Damage In Midlands
consists of 15 battleshipa, 37 sion crukers, 5 aircraft carriers, 47 des- troyera and 31 submarines: We have numerous over-age warships in lighter categories.
Our main feet at present is in Hawalian waters where the first class naval base, at Pearl Harbour is available to support it. In addition
hours of this morning, when the
'Gone With Wind' air raid sirens were sounded for
Star Divorced
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" deeree nist has been granted against
LONDON, Aug 20 (UP).
the second night in succession.
The alarm was given at 12.42 a.m., and the. All Clear at 1.18 British plance apparently ap 8.m
then turned off,
The Ministry of Home Security has issued a communique stating that municipal, industrial and residential property was damaged in a Midlands Kate areas.
a new base is being built at Dutch Miss Viviene Leigh, star of "Gone At 0.30 to-night the drone of planes town during to-night's raids. was heard in the London area, while The communiqus added: "Thero Harbour, on the Alaskan Island of With The Wind," who plays the part proached the Berlin area and
few Unalaska. Both these bases will be of Scarlett O'Hara. through the low clouds, searchlights were some casualtics and
The people were killed. In the rest of able to support the fleet, played in the southern districts.
decree was granted on the “A preliminary check "United Press" correspondents don- the country the casualties were few Air bases have been bulit or are grounds of misconduct with Laurence ned steel helmets as a precaution and the property damage not scri- being built midway between Wake Olivier, another prominent British shows no activity this side of
Losin."
[Potsdam. and Johnson islands in the Hawallan, film star. while working at their deska,
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