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September 16, 1940.
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Nazi Supplies Bombed FAMOUS AIR Berlin Given A Late
LINER LOST?
To Bits By The R.A.F. New York Reports
tion from the ground defence.
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SPECIAL TO THE
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NEW YORK, Sept. 15. (UP),
Night Raid Fright
R.A.F. Activity
Special to the “Telegraph" BERLIN, Sept. 16 (UP).—Although the British air were engaged yesterday in one of the
LONDON, Sept. 16 (Reuler).-Last Saturday night strong forces of RA.F. bombers made heavy sustained attacks on shipping, barge concentrations, military equipment and stores-The "New York Daily News" assembled in the Channel ports. Our pilots and crews pressed home publishes an unconfirmed report of severe that the Imperial Airways trans- These forces also made heavy their attacks In spite sustained attacks on distribution weather conditions and heavy oppost- Atlantic flying bont Clare is defences centres and lines of communica Murh damage was done, particu- "mysteriously missing" on her greatest battles of the war, the Royal Air Force found
third trip across the Atlantic. tion used by the enemy for move-larly to the docks of Antwerp.
that the time and opportunity once again to raid Berlin. The newspaper reports ment of supplies.
British air-liner
England on The alarm was sounded in the Authorised quarters officially an- Saturday She would hve berived |
nounced that no bombs were dropped at the La Guardin Aliport in NaGerman capital at 11.28 p.m. in or around Berlin
and a state of emergency existed for 17 minutes.
Far Flung Attacks
The ports of Antwerp, Ostendi, Flushing. Dunkirk, Calaix, and Boulogne
heavily WCIT
barbed,
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Gun emplnegments at Cap Gris Nez and several enemy aerodrines were abo bombed.
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dainage and no persons were jured
York to-night
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So far she has not appean ed The "New York Daily News," quot ing avintion ncurves, says that it is feared that the ast-itner has met with disaster
A radio report rrevived on Satur
"huge air-liner" day stated that a had been forced down into the sea
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ned that several British planes attempted to cath Berlin "but were forced to turn back by well-aimed anti-aircraft fe before they reached the defence furrage outside the city."
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However, this confident statement was nullified somewhat by an added offeinl announcement that "this re- newed attempt to bomb Reich civi- llans will be met by renewed re- prisals on London."
Widespread Raids
LONDON, Sept. 15 (Reuter).- Large forces of British bombera ranged Inst night over Germany. France, Belgium and Holland, systematically seeking out and break- ing up the German High Command's invasion machine, states the Air Ministry news service.
Ther flow through appalling weather, aircraft being airück by Hightning while radio serials were
burned off in the violent electric | storms and many planes were lord
UD.
Despite this, they struck hervily at the front line of the invasion in the Channel parla in Holland, France and Belgium, and attacked bases, ruilway junctions and transpurt cen- tres in Germany whence come ls reserves and supplies.
One of the night's most devastating unalaughts was made on Antwerp which an carlier would-be, invader of England described as a "dogger pointed at the heart of England."
Dockside Havoc
Havoc was caused in the vast nel- work of docks, warehouUSTS,
petrol sheds un the banks of the Sheldt, and shipping lying in the stream as large forces of bombers dropped nearly 40 tons of high explosive bombs and ver 1,000 incendiuries in an attack lasting from 15 p., until 12.30 a.m. to-day.
A general report of the raid states: "Every sortie reported its In the dock area. Both the eastern and western buslis were repeatedly bombed from all directions. A warehouse, which from the violence of the explosion must have contained explosives, was wrecked,'
Huge fres were caused every- where, the news service makes cleaT. Ol was set alight and there were other explosions. Coal and orc docks were hit und much debris spouted to the sky.
Boulogne Attacked Members of some of the newly- formed Polish bimbing squadrons took part in successful attack on Boulogne. Icy clouds, haze, constant pounding of anti-aircraft batteries and the glore of searchlights failed to prevent the raiders from indenti- fying various parts of the harbour, Anding their targets and bombing them successfully,
The port, shipping.
anti-aircraft
guns,
searchlight
long-range
batteries
and
and
де concentrations around Caluls were all bombed heavily from 5.30 p.m. until nearly
0 p.m.
Barges in one dock suffered par ticularly heavy damage. One pilot estimated that there were 300 barges there.
The blaze of a fire seen 20 miles out to sea guided some of the raiders who attacked Dunkirk. In face of heavy anti-aircraft fire, salvo after salvo of high explosives went home! on the doclts,
Large numbers of burges were found at Ostend Harbour, where thei defences were considerably streng- thened during the past week, Many of them were in the outer harbour.
FRENCH CONVOY
HITS MINES
LONDON, Sept. 15 (Reuter)—A convoy of ten French merchant ships with demobilised soldiers aboard' ran into a mineffeld in the Mediterranean en route to Marsellies from North Africa, says an official Germun Dewa agency despatch from Geneva.
It is announced from Vichy, adds the agency, that two ships were sunk, although most members of the craw and soldiers were rescued..
Three Ships Lost
VICHY, Sept. 1 (Router)-It is announced that three French cargo- boats struck mines off the coast of Sardinia on Friday. Two were sunk but the third
rd was able to continue the voyages are safe but threa
All the
crews
Millitary passengers" are stated to have lost their lives.
The vessels were maintaining a service between the French Mediter zanean coast and Africa/
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