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RELENTLESS WAR HOUR AFTER HOUR

Hitler Sends More And More Planes To Destruction Southampton Gets TUESDAY'S BRITISH Attack In Evening

THE AIR MINISTRY NEWS SERVICE SAYS AIR BATTLES START- ED SOON AFTER DAWN YESTERDAY WITH MASS ATTACKS BY NAZI BOMBERS ON BRITISH AERODROMES AND SHIPPING: A RE- LENTLESS WAR WAS WAGED HOUR AFTER HOUR.

COAST SHELLED FROM FRANCE?

MISSILES FROM THE SEA

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Reports from British pilots are pouring in minute by minute telling briefly the dramatic story of their adventures. One squadron of Spitfires chased a large formation of Dornier bombers right across the Channel and dam- aged at least five of the enemy.

A Flying-Officer attacked four bombers *successively, silencing the rear gunners in two, and saw smoke pouring from a third. One pilot who attacked a Dornier saw the en- tire crew of five bale out.

There is no confirma- tion in London as yet of reports,

splashed in American

newspapers, that the British coast has ‘been shelled from France.

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News reports state that number of explosions occurred on Monday and did 1 certain amount of damage to houses. In one place, the upper storey of

Fierce dog-fights continued all day. The R.A.F.'s bag was increased to 20 when five Nazi planes were shot down on the south-west coast in the afternoon.

RAIDS WILL

INCREASE IN

INTENSITY

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") "The air offensive start-

two houses was wrecked, while ed on Sunday will not let

the front of another house was

cut as if by a knife.

up until England capitu-

A bomb or shell also fell in lates," official quarters in

a front garden and allotment, Berlin state.

Residents say that there were

Later in the afternoon an official statement said 20 enemy planes had been shot down up to tha time.

Four of our fighters were lost but two pilots are safe.

During the afternoon's fighting: a Dornier was riddled with bul- lets while flying over the Thames Estuary and crashed in open country.

Although the plane snapped in half, none of the crew was killed but two were badly in- jured.

Nazi Locked In Bathroom

People took the other two pri- soners and conveyed the injured

no 'planes in sight at the time. The Nazi raids will increase in to hospital. Fragments are being examin-intensity.

these

same quarters One of the uninjured Nazis ed. by the authorities,” a large state, until the time is ripe for was locked in a bathroom while quantity having been collected the final blow.

by the police:

waiting for the escort.

It is learned that 101 bombs The attacks are intended to Speculation is rife as to

were dropped on a golf course in the shatter Britain's defences. and origin of the missiles, which are break down Britain's military re- the course of Monday night. reported to have come from the sistance. Meanwhile, German

sea.

troops are reported to be massed for the attempted invasion of Havas.

England. Two Explanations

There are two local explana- tions:

1. That they might be shells

fired from warships in the Chan- nel; but military experts doubt this,

2. That they might be shells from the big guns the Germans have mounted on the other side of the Channel, ..

According to uncmcial reports, one missile destroyed a row of).

SPY FEVER

IN JAPAN

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

The espionage question,

five houses, without causing any lis still holding the spot-

casualties, another dug a G-foot

Blazing Planes

Four blazing German planes crashed between two south-west coast towns during the afternoon's battle.

Others fell in the sea and a lifeboat has already made half a dozen trips to rescue survivorsi

There was terrific machine-gun fire but shore guns were silent and no bombs fell.

An aerial battle broke out

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ficient check on harbour move-

crater in a field and a third land- light in the Japanese ments. ed in a vegetable patch-Havas. press.

Reuter which says that frag-

The paper adds: "The gendur- merie are taking appropriate men- ments believed to be shell pieces The "Kobe Shimbun" points out sures to remedy the situation." were picked up, says that it is that many foreigners in Kobe

The paper concludes by suggested that the shell. may dwell in houses from which they pealing to Kobe residents to co- have come from a British gun.lobtain a full view of the harbour, operate with the authorities to "Investigations are continuing and are thus able to keep un ef- prevent espionage.-Huvas,

up-

SCORE:

69 FOR 11

The toll of enemy aircraft destroyed over Great Britain and the Channel yester- day is estimated to be 69.

This brings the total destroyed over Britain since war be- gan to 597, and 522 since June 18 when

the first mass air raid by German planes was made.

Only 11. British fighters were lost yes- terday; five pilots are safe.

In three days the Germans have lost 184. planes over Bri- tain; 179 were down- ed by the R.A.F, and anti-aircraft guns and five were bagged by the Navy.

In these three days the R.A.F. has lost 48 fighters, Reuter.

OFFICIALS RETICENT

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA_MAIL")

British officials in Shanghai are silent regarding the date of with- [drawal of British troops from Shanghai, while general opinion does not expect any changes in the defence sectors until the meet- ing to-morrow of the foreign mili- tary commanders which will pro- bably take place at noon at Já- panese Naval Landing Party Head- quarters. The meeting will decide. which defence unit will take over the sectors at present administer- ed by British troops. Havas.

Tientsin Rumour

A rumour that after the British troops have been withdrawn, Bri- British tain will hand over the patrolled area in North China to American troops was emphatically denied in Tientsin by both Major F. O. B. Dowling, Commander of and the British Garrison troops, the British Consul-General when they called on General Hemma, Japanese Garison commander, ycs- terday morning, according to a semi-official Japanese report.- Reuter.

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