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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 16, 1940,

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RAIDERS

SCATTERED

Shuddering Roar of Central London's Defence Barrage

Bombers Make

Off At High Speed

AT LEAST 50 ENEMY” AIRCRAFT WERE SHOT DOWN IN A RAID ON LONDON. YES- TERDAY MORNING; SAYS A COMMUNIQUE, ISSUED: BY- THE AIR: MINISTRY' AND THE MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY,

The raiders, which consisted of a large number of bombers and fighters, crossed the coast near Dover in two waves; they were promptly met by strong formations of our fighters and an air battle ensued:

In the course of the battle two small enemy formations succeeded in penetrating to the London area; bombs were dropped and among enemy objectives Buckingham Palace was again hit. The Queen's apartments were damaged by a bomb which did not explode.

Elsewhere in the London area; houses were hit; some fires broke out and damage was done to gas and water mains.

RED ARMY GOES

TO THE THEATRE

From preliminary reports it is clear the number of casualties' (SPECIAL TO. "CHINA) MAIL") was small.

The central Red Army: Thea- A:A Guns Success: tre, housed in one of the most About 400 German 'planes were Moscow, was inaugurated yester- distinctively modern buildings in believed to have. crossed the east'

day. First dramatic production coast heading for Londoni.

was "Suvaroff with the Armies." Thirty-six enemy 'planes flew Suvaroff was the Russian general in formations of six over south who fought Napoleon.--Havas. east England and were imme

diately engaged by our anti-air- craft guns.

The first two squadrons broke up and one of the planes dived to' the ground. Two parachutes floated gently down after the crew had baled out.

Two 'planes from another squa- dron,

surrounded: by bursting shells, were also seen to fall--to earth evidently as a result of A.A. fire.

Shuddering Roar

For the fifth time London's. heavy barrage scattered raiders

who appeared over the inner area

last night:

Very soon

WAR MINISTER AND SONS IN THE ÞARK—Mr. Anthony Eden, the: War. Minister, was accompanied by his two sons, NE- chalas and Simon, in a walk through the Park recently when he was on his way to the War Office. Photo shows Mr. Eden pho- tographed with his two:cons; Nicholas and Simon (taller) in the Park. (Copyright, Fox).

THE PALACE AGAIN

BOMBED NAZI DOWN AT VICTORIA

MORE BOMBS WERE DROPPED ON after the fourtir BUCKINGHAM PALACE YESTERDAY, BUT

warning of the day the gunifice

approached Central · London the noise. grew

shuddering to a roar.

grow in volume and as planes THE NAZI RAIDER HAD ONLY FLOWN!

ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE FURTHER BEFORE IT WAS SHOT DOWN IN FRONT OF VICTORIA STATION.

At the beginning of the raid the 'planes appeared to come in from one direction only; they did not stop. to circle the capital but cut straight across.

When they met the barrage the

This was but one of several Nazi raiders

| brought down while Londoners cheered them-

noise of their engines as they selves hoarse!!!

climbed could be heard and they made off at very high speed..

An observer who rushed out in and as he got near the "pub" he his pyjamas when he heard the heard a perfect babel of sound drone of aero-engines, saw a He went in and found everyone Shrapnel Like Haik Dornier-17 bomber flying over St talking at the top of their voices.

George's Hospital, near Bucking These people have been through| The raiders were over "central. districts in London and some that another attack on the Palace anti-aircraft, barrage, has already ham Palace," It seemed obvious a good deal, and the great new hombs were dropped.

So intense was the barrage that seconds Inter, it dropped its bombs broken wing of the Dornier in the was being carried out and a few given them now heart: But that motor traffic in the London area in the Palace grounds was affected,

יין

Broke Up I2 Pieces

It did not live to see what dam-

was done

A Press Association reporter who drove from Barking, to the City said that the shrapnel came age down almost like rain and his car was hit

Reuter

MACAO BAN ON PETROL

a

street outside did more for them than anything else in the world could do

No Casualties -

Two heavy bombs and a num-

of small Incendiaries aimed on the Palace; there were no casualties:-

A Spitfire came roaring down, There were a few burata machine-gun, fire, and then great explosion in the air as the German-ralden broka up into Two bombs fell during the first | pieces. 20

warning, one on the Palace build- So far as the observer could seelings and one on the lawn. Neither only one man" baled out, but his Parachute was already badly dam-

[cxploded. aged by the explosion. The rest

dead;

EXPORTS [of the crew were presumably

THE MACAO GOVERNMENT The observer, says he has often, HAS ENFORCED A BAN ON THE seen German pinnes crash, but EXPORT OF PETROL FROM this is the first time he has seen THE PORTUGUESE COLONY one break up completely in the ACCORDING TO AN OFFICIAL air. Picces of the plane flew all ANNOUNCEMENT TO-DAY. over the place.

The order prohibits the export of pettol without a speciál, per mit, and comes into force as from to-day

The supply of petrol to ships passing through the Colony is also prohibited unless authorised in writing from the authorities.. Our Own Correspondent:

A number of small-Incendiary bombs fell at the same time (N) the Palace grounds and come of them started, small fires on the grass. These were quickly., got] A.R.P. staff and police." under control by the Palace The King and Queen were not! in residence at the time and only,"

·Excitement In Pub skeleton staff of servants and others was. In the Palace. They The ingine: and most of the were all in basement shelters and, fuselage fell in front of Victorin there were no casualties. Statlon, a quarter of a mile away The bomb. which struck the from the Palace.

Palace crashed through the tapes- One-wing «fall in the street try room, which is used by the by a public house half a mile Queen as a drawing room on nway.

the, first floor. It tore a hole in He went down to have a look this celling-Reuter...

BOARDED WRONG SHIP

"I was drunk, and boarded the wrong ship," sald a young woman;. Chu-Sau-chun, when she was charged with breach of the De portation Ordinance before Mr.. K. M. A. Barnett at the Central Magistracy this morning, .....

It was alleged the woman was banished from the Colony for a period of 10 years on April 9; this. year::

on

'Defendant was · arrested" board the ss. Chung Shan when, she tried to committ 'suicide" by jumping overboard but was stop- ped by fokis-on board. -

Defendant stated she intened to

go to Kong Mun but boarded the wrong ship while she was drunk. Defendant was fined $50, and was remanded for 48.. hours, to enable her to raise the money.

NEARLY

GOT AWAY

Charged with larceny of jewel- lery and money to a total value of $505 from her mistress, Chan- {Lal-fón, 42, of No. 24, Fuk Wing Street, last Friday; Li Kwai-fong, 21, spinster, was sentenced to one month's hard labour by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at Kowloon this morning,

She was left alone to look after the flat by her mistress, who left home with her daughter at 7 p.m. The mistress returned two hours later and discovered the jewel- lery box was missing and that ac- cused; had left.

At 9 am... yesterday accused was seen to board a Mucco steam- jewellery and money, were re- thip and was arrested. All the

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