1940-09-21 — Page 2

BOMBING

THE CHINA MAIL; EPTEMBER 21, 1940

OF BRIGHTON

Nazi Raiders Fail To Get Through To London

Renew Attack RIBBENTROP'S

On Capital At Night

LITTLE ARMY

THE GERMAN AND ITALIAN PRESS :18 STILL SOMEWHAT HAZY ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF RIBBENTROP'S VISIT TO

BRIGHTON WAS BOMBED YESTERDAY ROME, ALTHOUGH THE WAR

IN

AFRICA IS A POPULAR

THEORY.

WITH SOME FATAL CASUALTIES IN THE COURSE OF REDUCED GERMAN AIR OPERA- TIONS, BUT RELATIVELY, ENGLAND HAD A The Berlin press says that the Axis Powers are discussing the VERY QUIET DAY AND LONDON WAS LITTLE "exclusion of British influence

in Africa.* DISTURBED.

The unfavourable weather continued into the evening, promising further respite for London, but the air raid alarm was sounded and the anti-aircraft guns began to bark soon after dusk.

VAIN SEARCH FOR ITALIAN NAVY

-Describing the air operations round Britain, a joint communique issued by the Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security last Jevening, stated that shortly after midnight on Thursday, our anti- aircraft guns shot down an enemy bomber in the north of London, this being the second destroyed during Thursday night's attacks.

During the brief, air clashes In daylight yesterday, five enemy bombers were shot down by our fighters. None of our machines were lost.

Kent Raid

BRITISH WARSHIPS WHICH A DAY OR TWO AGO SHELLED ITALIAN POSITIONS AT BENT GHAZI, SOLLUM AND SIDI-EL- BARAN! RETURNED TO ALEX- ANDRIA YESTERDAY. NOT ONE OF THEM SHOWED ANY TRACE enemy aircraft crissed the coast of OF BATTLE.

During, the morning, a force of

Kent, but the formation did not During their cruise they search-penetrate into the London arca

Political developments in Spain are also said to be a main topic.

Rome Radio yesterday morning revealed that the armoured train Minister to Rome not only bristled

which brought the Nazi Foreign

with por-guns but also City [ried a company of troops: — Reu-

ter.

ENGLAND PREPARES FOR MORE

LONDON BUS BLOWN TO PIECES

Local authorities in London and in the country generally are There were some mira- pressing ahead with culous escapes from death measures to provide or injury in London dur- additional shelter acing the course of Thurs- commodation for

|day/Friday night's raids. thousands of people in basements of large buildings.

Special powers will be used freely to secure possession of suitable premises.---Reuter. ·

R.A.F. DEFIES WEATHER TO

RAID GERMANY

IN TERRIBLE WEATHER the R.A.F. at ed in vain for any Italian surface beyond the eastern and South- tacked aqueducts carrying the Dortmund-

craft.

Further proof of British con- trol of the Mediterranean was

from Britain.

eastern outskirts where a few bombs were dropped.

Little damage was done and

ported,

A high-explosive bomb fell an a block of flats in Central London, blowing to pieces a motor-bus and several cars. Everyone had gone to shelters and there were no casualties.

In South London, a house was elderly women destroyed. Two crawled out of the wreckage, un- hurt.

In north-east London, a high- explosive bomb wrecked six- houses, but there were only two casualties.

By a thousand to one chance, the emergency escaps hatch of A public shelter in a London park, received a direct hit. Some' of these within were killed, others were injured.

Rescue workers toiled amid falling shrapnel, disregarding an- other bomb which fell only a hundred yards away.

It was nearly 12 hours before some people were got out taken to hospital.

and

Twelve houses were wrecked in another part of London and res- cue workers again defied shrapnel in the search among the ruins for people who might be buried.

One little girl was dug out after seven hours' of searching. All she said was that she would

"like a cup of tea."― Reuter.

NO CHANGE IN THE DESERT WAR

Ems Canal over the River Ems north of Muns- provided by a Cairo report yes- only one slight casualty was re-ter on Thursday night, states the Air Ministry terday stating that 8,200 tons of coal have just reached Egypt Brighton and damage was done to

Several bombs were dropped in news service in London.

The Canal is one of the most vital links in Ger- The Minister of Mines said yes-casualties, some

houses. There was a number of

of which were many's internal communications. The aqueducts terday that this represents part of

have been attacked more than once and much dam-eral Headquarters at Cairo yes- A communique issued by Gend fatal. a substantial shipment of British The coal to Egypt.

enemy formations

fighters but age caused but repair gangs since have been working terday stated there is no change engaged by British "blockade" The Italian

in the situation in the Western quite ineffective and the British the cloud conditions made inter- at high pressure to restore them to full use. Flight-Desert. Government would see to it that te received show that our enemy Lt. Learoyd was awarded the V.C. for his part in the. On other fronts there is nothing Egypt gets all the coal she needs. machines. were shot down de attack last month.

Reuter.

finitely and others probably. Seven British fighters are missing|

was

WOPS AT OLD TRICKS

THREE ITALIAN

to

ter.

were

in this action, but the pilots of blaketed both land and sea as A blinding rainstorm and cloud three have reported safe. Reu- the aircraft approached the tar- Loud gunfire was heard in the ly right over the target the sky get on Thursday night but lucki-] London area last night shortly after the raid warning was sound-

suddenly became clear, ed.

After last night's air reid had been in progress for some time r 'PLANES are was dropped which turned HAVE BOMBED A BRITISH night into daylight over Centra CASUALTY CLEARING London. STATION AT EL DABA, WHICH Two bombs were then heard IS ON THE ROUTE BETWEEN whistling down. MERSA. MATRUH AND ALEX- ANDRIA.

Bombs crashed before midnight in several districts south of the

It was a moon-lit night and the river, Reuter. camo was clearly marked so that ́?

it could not have been mistaken

4

for any other kind of camp. There were no casualties. Italian 'planes,.it will be recall- cd, recently bombed an isolated mission station in the Sudan, killing several American men and women. Reuter.

They also made a habit of bombing Red Cross (camps and bases during the Abyssinian War.

ITALIAN AIRMEN INTERNED

Sticks of high explosives] dropped across both aqueducts and at least one buret was clearly seen.

The attacks were repeated later. once by aircraft in a shallow dive attack.

Channel Ports

Driving rain, which often turn LONDONER nel ports which were also attack- Ostend. The new tidal harbour AND THE RAIDS

jed to sleet, shrouded the Chan-

ed, but new fires were started by

was one objective.

Flushing harbour came in for another, heavy battering, heavy

to report-Reuter.

ITALIAN WAR CORRESPONDENTS TAKEN PRISONER!

THREE ITALIAN war correspondents who were captured by a British armoured-car near Sidi-el-Barani on Sunday were interviewed in Cairo yesterday by British war correspon- dents.

They exposed the truth and gave the lie to explosions being caused in the Marshal Graziani's highly-coloured account DESCRIBING` LONDONERS! bour, ; also across the Verbeed of operations in his report to Mussolini a day

harbour works and outer har-

REACTIONS TO THE AIR Canai. RAIDS ON THE CAPITAL, THE: LONDON CORRESPONDENT OF THE STOCKHOLM "DAGENS NYHETER" SAID YESTERDAY: "The adaptability of Londoners is, simply astonishing and, prò- vided the problems of furnishing SEVEN ITALIAN AIRMEN lodgings for the homeless and ar- WHO TOOK PART IN A RECENT ranging for a sufficient number of RAID ON PALESTINE ARE BE-deep shelters are solved; there is Dunkirk`docks, were also at- ING DETAINED BY THE TURK-no risk of London giving way in tacked from a low level despite ISH AUTHORITIES.

the slightest manner under Ger-intense A.A." fire.

They made a forced landing on man air attacks," Reuter. Turkish soil while on their

way back to their base in the Dode- canese Islands.

•

Reuter.

AUSTRALIA TO

BRITISH CHİLDREN.

*IN CAPETOWN.

or so ago.

There were barges in the canal and bombe dropped. Graziani made out; in his report} At the time of their capture, the among them caused, In the that there had been a ferocious Italian war correspondents were words of one pilot, a series of encounter in which the British about one hour's Journey nhand minor explosione followed by forces sustained heavy losses. of the advancing Italian columns. a violent explosion with groon The Italian war correspondents,Reuter's correspondent says they flames.

on the other hand, say that the had been im Libya - for six advance of the Italian troops did weeks. They lost their bear- not Involve any close dghting. ...ings when trying, to and the Ita- One of them told how, early lian: camps and strayed into the jon Sunday morning, their convoy British lines..

Coblenz Visited

Other RAF, squadrons bombed rallwoy yards at Mannheim and Ehrang, a goods yard at Necicarau;

of lorries started moving, but......... The correspondent' confirmed were travelling so slowly that the that the Italian troope. In action war correspondents went on were."strictly rationed. In regard ahead..

to water-Reuter,

A total of 309 children evacuat-four miles south of Mannheim, ed from Britain arrived in Cape and the main railway lines at oured-car and some people, on a town yesterday as guests of the Coblenz, Union of South Africa. They

MAKE BIG GUNS

were given an official welcome by Attacks were also made on à Heavy guns will now be made two Cabinet Ministers - Mr. W. bridge over the Rhine near the In New South Wales, Australia, in B. Madeley (Labour and Social Trier Canal between Voore and addition to the small arms which Welfare) and Mr. H. Lawrence Middleburg'in' Holland and merp- krve bean produced in the past. (Interior and Public Health); - dromes of Munster-Hansdore and

Reuter.

Bergenopɗoom-Reuter,

RECRUITING BY MAHARAJAH

They could not see anything for while, but eventually, through Geld-glasses, picked out an arm-

hill in the distance, 14 They took them for an Italian advance patrol and walked over

only recognising the British The Maharajah of Bikaner's steni helmets, when it was too first mochahised transport com- Ghany has now been rajɛed and They were made prisoner and recruiting for others is proceeding aken to Merza Mo

"Reuter