1940-10-16 — Page 48

MOONLIGHT

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 16, 1940

RAID BY

R.A.F. ON HEART OF BERLIN Great Fire Set Going In Big Gas Works

Tons Of High Explosive Dropped

FOR NEARLY ONE and a quarter hours on Monday night aircraft of the R.A.F. Bomber Com- mand flew over Berlin seeking out and attacking a number of military objectives, both in the suburbs and the heart of the German capital.

The raid is described in a bulletin of the Air Ministry News Service, which states that a slight haze lay over the city when, shortly after two o'clock in the morning, the first of the raiders pene- .trated the outer ring of Berlin's powerful defences

and circled 'high over the capital.

A hunter's moon, which had 'identified and bombed by a se- helped the raiding force on their cond raider. 600-mile flight from England, lit The crew of this aircraft report- up the sprawling city.

ed that after their own attack A large gas works in the Dan- they say a great fre raging zigerstrasse, two and three quar-four or five miles to the north in ter miles from the city centre the approximate position of the was quickly located and a well- Danzigerstrasse gas works. aimed stick of heavy calibre bombs started several Bres which force concentrated their attackį soon gained in intensity.

on military objectives in the cen- Tem-tre of the city.

Other sections of the raiding

General Sikorski, the Polish Prime Minister, inspecting Po fish air squadrons now serving with the R.A.F. (Copyright, Fox).

NAVAL ACTION OFF SICILY

(Continued from Page 1) tion to the advantage "Our experience at the sink- | fighting efficiency.

of her

ing of the Italian cruiser "Bar- Few of her former officers were tolomeo Colleoni" on July 19 with her on her return to service when our rescuing destroyers but about half of the men of the were bombed by italian air-lower deck who participated in craft made it. impossible for the battle remained to amass our ships to take any further more laurels in the Mediterran- measures for the safety of the can. Reuter. survivors.

A few minutes later the plehof railway yards close to Several tons of heavy calibre: Berlin's main airport had

been high explosive bombs and quanti- ties of small fire bombs were un- loaded on these targets and at one

"It was known, moreover, that stage of the raid, other explosions an Italian air concentration and and fires could be seen simultan-one Italian submarine were cously in several parts of the tar- the vicinity.

in

TYPHOON FILLS UP The Royal Observatory reports that a moderate anticyclone covers | get area. China and is spreading southward. A direct hit with a heavy area is moving bomb was also scored on railway eastward over N. Japan. The sidings near Lehreter station, "During these spirited and suc- typhoon is filling up over Tong-about a mile from Brandenburger cesstul actions, Ajax had only a king.

gate.-British Wireless,

A low pressure

Little Damage

Extensive Sweep

The Commander-in-Chief, Me- d'terranean, reports that the Ajax action took place when H.M. ships under his command were carrying out an extensive sweep in the eas- tern and Central Méditerranean. No contact was made between our few casualties and the only dam- main forces and the main forces age suffered ras superficial, of enemy and there has been no |||||||||||||||||||GEURL(81ċabove the waterline and in no indication that the enemy main way impaired her fighting effi-force proceeded to sea. British clency.

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"These are the actions in which the Italian High Com- mand communique, while ad- mitting the loss of two....small and one large destroyer, claim- ed that a British cruiser pro bably of the Neptune class had been sunk.

"Afterwards, the British war-

the Italian High Command com-

cruiser were hit, none of the

Wireless.

KEEPING THE BALL ROLLING

ships were attacked by enemy (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") aircraft for four hours. Despite Japanese savings banks munique claim that one British are using most of their aircraft-carrier and one heavy deposits for investment in British ships suffered either dam- Government bonds, a sur-{ age or casualty, while four enemy yey made by the Japanese aircraft were certainly shot down by fighters of the Fleet Air Arm Savings Banks Associa and A. A. fire, besides two others tions reveals. probably destroyed. All the Bri- tish aircraft returned safely.

During the April/June quarter; "During Sunday: ́night,” air savings banks saw their deposits craft of the fleet attacked the increase by Yen 325,141,000, of port of Lago in the Dodecanese; which Yen 209,487,000 was spent achieving complete surprise, on the purchase of Government. Barracks, workshops, hangars bonds. and petrol dumps were hit-and

During the period July/Septem-

set ablaze. All British aircraft ber, deposits rose by Yên 313,761,- returned safely.

000, of which Yen 211,100,000 was allowed for the purchase of Gov- ernment bonds. Havas.

Submarine Successes "British submarines likewise The prefix "Special" to telegrama la achieved successes in the Medi-used by the Sunday Hergid" and terranean. One submarine suc- "China. "Mall", to indicate news which cessfully bombarded military strictly copyright under the provi objectives in Port Savona, sank atnance, 1936, and may not be reprint.

sions of the Telecommunicatione Or a 5,000-ton armed merchant

ed under any olroumstances, either ship, escorted by E-boats, of wholly or in part, without prior to Genoa and also sank an armed rangement. merchant ship of 3,000 tons in the Vado Roads.

"Another submarine sank an enemy supply ship oľ about 3,000-tons off Naples and a third submarine sank an enemy supply ship of about 800 tons off Ben-

ghazi.

"During the night of Saturday-

Sunday, aircraft cooperated with warships in successfully bombard ing enemy troop concentrations at Sidi Barrani,” the communiqué concludes/Reuters

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It was announced a few months ago, that HMS. Ajax had return- ed to service with a new comple- ment of officers and men and that | in addition to remedying the scars she received in the battle in the south Atlantic, naval constructors had mended such defects of con- struction as were revealed" in ne-

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