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Germans Lose 1,000 'Planes During August SIXTY DESTROYED

YESTERDAY Terrific Battles In Home Counties

WHEN THE DUST OF BATTLE HAS DIED AWAY AND THE FINAL CHECK MADE, THE DESPERATE EFFORTS OF THE GERMAN AIR FORCE YESTERDAY TO SMASH THROUGH THE DEFENCES OF LONDON WILL PROBABLY BE FOUND TO HAVE COST THEM BE- TWEEN SIXTY AND SEVENTY MACHINES,

ULTIMATUM TO HELP 'AGREEMENT'

Air battles raged throughout the day over the Home Counties and the official figures for German losses had reached 53 by 8 p.m.

Waves of bombers attempted to raid Lon- don presumably in retaliation for the Ber-

ILVINGTON

COURT TORPEDOED

Nineteen survivors from the torpedoed British steamer Ilving- ton Court (5,187. tons) have been land: ed from one of the ship's lifeboats, states a Lisbon despatch to the German official news agency yester day.

Ilvington

The Court, adds the mes- sage, sank within five minutes: Reuter:

in bombing and approached the capital0000000000

from different directions: In no case, how-

It was officially admit-ever, did they get any farther than the out ROCHESTER

ted in Bucharest last skirts.

evening that the Ru-

London received its fourth air action and the battle which de- manian Government had raid alarm of the day just before veloped resulted in the enemy be-

nightfall.

received Notes from the

Following are the official re- Axis powers in the nature ports on the raids, in sequence: of an ultimatum,

Air Ministry communique at 2 p.m.: "Large forces of enemy Latest reports from aircraft crossed the South-East Coast this morning in three suc-. Translyvania indicate cessive waves at short intervals.

"Our there is a strong spirit of

air defences went into resistance to any attempt at occupation by Ger-the night to consider the Notes man or Hungarian troops. by the Axis powers in the Ru- and decided to accept arbitration| An official communique statesmanian-Hungarlan negotiations the Crown Council met during Reuter.".

SIR GEORGE PAISH ADVISED TO GO HOME

LORD LOTHIAN, British Ambassador to the United States, has told Sir George Paish, the British economist, that, in the interest of better Anglo- American relations it would be better for him to leave the United States as soon as possible.

100'PLANES

DOWNED BY A.A. GUNS

A spokesman in Washington yesterday emphasised that

Sir George. Paish, being in the United States as a private citizen, the Embassy could not order but only) advise him to go home."

RAIDERS

OVER 11 TOWNS

Late last night enemy 'planes were reported over 11 British towns in addi- tion to the London area- three in the. Midlands, three in the south-east, in the north-east, one in two in the south-west, one

the north-west and one in Wales.

Enemy 'planes are reported to

have been shot down in the Lon-

don area last night.

High explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped on suburbs of London last night.

A hospital is reported to have been hit by fire bombs but it is not yet known whether a fire re- sulted. Reuter.

CATHEDRAL AMBUSH

ESCAPES

IN KENYA

ing scattered and driven back.

"A small proportion of raiders approached the Landon area and attempted unsuccess- fully to attack several .aero- dromes in the Home Counties.

A NAIROBI COMMUNIQUE These aircraft, too, were en-

STATES OUR TROOPS EN- gaged by our fighters and dis- IT CAN NOW BE REVEALED COUNTERED AN ENEMY · AM- persed.

THAT THE NAVE OF ROCHES- BUSH IN THE BUNA DISTRICT "Bombs

were dropped indis-TER CATHEDRAL, WAS SET ON WHICH WAS DISPERSED; OUR criminately in districts of Kent FIRE DURING WEDNESDAY] CASUALTIES WERE SLIGHT. and Surrey. Slight damage is re- NIGHT'S HEAVY NAZI RAIDS. The South African Air Force ¡ported. The number of casual- The roof of the nave was board-successfully raided

ties was

Nogadiscio. small, but it

were includesfed up with wood "an inch thick Direct hits.

made on some killed.

which had a lead covering. very large motor transport park "Reports up at 2 p.m. show A bomb landed on it, heated the in which high explosive and in- that 19 enemy aircraft had been lead and then contacted the wood. cendiary bombs fell and large shot down by our fighters. Six setting it on fire. The bomb did fires started. of our. aircraft are reported not penetrate the roof."-

"Three Caproni bombers drop- missing, but one of the pilote le An A.R.P. warden climbed 70ped 'bombs on the Buna area. known to be safe.

feet up a spiral staircase with 2 One African was slightly wound- įstirrup-pump and extinguished fed; no damage was caused.

the blaze-Reuter.

Rauter.

Severe Losses

An Air Ministry and Home Security communique, issued shortly after 6.30 p.m. G.M.T. stated:

"A large formation of enemy aircraft again crossed the Kentish

coast in the afternoon, later

spreading out over a wide area ber of R.A.F. aerodromes in the and attempting to attack a num-

Home Counties.

"Preliminary reports indicate that no, serious damage has been done to the aerodromes, although there have been a small number of casualties, in- cluding some killed. "At

This follows-a-statement by Counties, industrial premises were one town in the Home an official of the Department of damaged and a number of people Justice in Washington that an killed and injured. Invertigation would be made

into an allegation in the Sonate: "The enemy were heavily en- that Sir George Palsh had come gaged at all points by our fight- to America to get the Unitedįers, which inflicted severe losses. States into the war.

The results of Bri- Sir George Paish, in a subse- quent statement to Reuter, denied tain's anti-aircraft de- having said this, and said he was fences have proved “dis-in America to get all the help he

could from America short of war.[ tinctly encouraging" since Reuter. the intensification of the war, it was learned in military circles in London yesterday.

guns.

: "Reports received up to 6.30 p.m. show that 42 enemy air- certain: Ten of our fighters are craft have been destroyed for

reported, tost, but the pilot of four are safe." Reuter,

Ten Pilots Lost Ip1918, about*- 160 aircraft| An Air Ministry communique were brought down at an avere issued late last night stated re- age expenditure of 5,000 rounde ports up to 10 p.m. show that 53 per plane.

enemy aircraft were destroyed yesterday.

In the last month, about 100 No corresponding figures for German planes have been shot last month's victims can be given down in a ratio of about 60-50|buz it is very considerably. less. between heavy and light AA Reuter,

Fifteen of our fighters have been lost, but five -pllofa” are j

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