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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1940

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LONDON SYMPHONY

Barrage Blares to Meet Seventh Successive Night Raid

Streets Of City ITALO-

A Death Trap

BRAUCHITSCH ADVERTISED AS ON THE COAST

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Field-Marshal Brauchitsch and his staff have now joined Field-Marshal Goering "in the field" some- where on the French coast, said a Berlin despatch yesterday to the "National · Zei- tung" of Basle.

FROM THE BEGINNING OF LAST NIGHT'S RAID ON LONDON THE BARRAGE LACKED NONE OF ITS EXCITEMENT OR FURY, AND ALTHOUGH FLASHES FROM THE GUNS WERE LESS VIVID AGAINST THE BEAUTIFUL CLEAR SKY AND BRIGHT MOONLIGHT, SHELL BURSTS WERE VISIBLE FOR MILES, SOME SPARKLING WHILE OTHERS WERE A SMOKY RED OR MURKY YELLOW.

Several 'planes passed the outer defences

Zei- droning ominously towards central London. R.A.F. HITS

The despatch added it is generally accept

ed in Berlin that operations against England are to be in- tensified.

Hitherto attacks have been imerely the initial stage of the offensive.Reuter

Battery after battery of A.A. guns joined

in until there was a distinct line of shells ex-In ploding in the air.

line,

From behind the fiery came the buzz of the planes' en- gines.

In minutes, the streets of cen- tral London were a death-trap- but there were no pedestrians

Shrapnel clattered down,

Genuine Music

Harsh barks, deep booms and quick stscosto reports of emalke

güna mingled in a sound that, was genuine muziasto. ¿ondon-

er

Incendiaries fell on houses near

SHIPS OFF

LE HAVRE

Coastal Command: air-

TURKISH INCIDENT

The Turkish cargo steamer * Sakarya (2,600 tons) is re ported to have been stopped by Italian warships and detained at the island of Leros. It is understood the Turkish Foreign Minister is making á pressing demarche to the Italian Govern- ment for the imme- diate release of steamer and cargo.- Reuter.

bounced off roofs, whizzed past a south-west square" and "bu Craft on Thursday attack- windows and shattered glass drivers, and conductors helped iced shipping off Le Havre, The 'planes persisted for a little put them out. Reuter., while and new and seemingly heavier guns crashed into action.

and an enemy tanker and ITALIANS

SEVERE DAMAGE

IN ESSEX TOWN

Fourth And Fifth

a supply ship were hit, an

The sound of sirens in London's Air Ministry communique MASSING

fourth air raid warning yesterday stated in London yester was just-dying-away- in" "the south-west London suburbs when day.

local 4.A. guns opened fire and searchlights converged at a point in the western sky.

A 'plane was heard overhead and, the flash of A.A. guns stab-. bed the sky. The noise of en- gines stopped abruptly-Reuter.

AT MIDDAY YESTERDAY, in addition to RUSSIA

the attacks on London, enemy aircraft in

small numbers dropped bombs in several dis- WARNS

tricts of south-eastern England.

In an Essex town considerable damage BERLIN

was done but no casualties have been report-

Soviet Russia has in-

ed. In several other places houses and cot-formed Germany that as fages were hit but in general damage and ca- a state bordering on the

Gommand aircraft attacked "oll

A Cairo communique

On Thursday night Bomber yesterday stated that in stores, shipping and decks at Egypt the thickening up Flushing where several large of the enemy's concentra- firep and explosions were obtion west of the frontier is served.

Emden, and

docks at

Another force of aircraft bomb-

continuing.

ed key distribution centres ati Beyond the usual raid on Mersa Osnabruck, Hamm, Schwerte, Matruh, air activity was slight. It Ehrang and Brussels and also is now confirmed that one enemy several enemy aerodromes and aircraft was brought down by A.A. Nordenney seaplane base. All fire on the night of September 10. pur aircraft returned safely. On other fronts there are no Reuter

operations to report-Reuter.

sualties are reported as being slight. Danube she must take HAVE AN H.B.-

Later enemy aircraft, con-

tinuing the methods of sudden part in any discussions

attack and retreat which charac- about that river.

RIOTS IN rised their activities throughout Tass, the official Soviet news

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THERE IS STILL A LOT 'OF TROUBLE OVER THE CESSION BY RUMANIA OF PART OF TRANSYLVANIA U TO ́~ HUNA GARY, ACCORDING TO -RE- PORTS FROM ZURICH.;

the day, dropped boinks in one

district in central London, in agency, refers to reports by, the} Eastbourne and in some places German radio and the foreign German Information Bureau, the in Kent.

Some casualties resulted in called in Vienna-to modify

press about a conférence 'to "be the London, and In Eastbourne existing international status o there were also some casualties the Danube, most of them" slight. Details

An enemy bomber was

fighters in

of these later attacks are 'not) The Deputy Foreign Commissar yet available:

told the German Ambassador tc shot Moscow: that the Soviet Union the cannot remain indifferent about the control of shipping on the Danube and must take part in any |such discussions, He hoped. Rus- sla would receive appropriate in- formation about the Vienna con- ference.""

Riots are reported to have down by our broken out in Cluj, most impor-morning-Reuter. tant city in the-aren, on Thursday. night after Hungarian police had shot a Rumanian,

- Rumanian-tanks smashed, cui triumphant archway erected to greet the Hungarians and retreat- ing Rumanian officers tore Hun- garian and Italian flags to pieces.

Reuter.

BALLOON BARRAGE SCORES AGAIN

SALE OF US. AIR

DESIGNS BANNED

President Roosevelt yesterday issued a proclamation forbidding the sale to foreign purchasers, of

planes and designs for aircraft

construction and aero-engines ex- cept under specific licence from The Air Ministry reveals that the UIS. Government.

The German, Ambassador, said that he would enquire of his Gov- ernment of this matter.Reuter.

TIME BOMB AT TURIN EXPLODES

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A Turin report says that five soldiers and a civilian were killed

an enemy bomber fouled a bal-A similar embargo has also been and others were injured when a loon barrage cable carly yester applied to equipment used in the time-bomb they were trying to day morning and was destroyed: manufacture of petrol and plans dig out of the ground exploded.- -Reuter.

for its construction. Reutor. Reuter.

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