THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 18, 1940.
BATTERING OF HAMBURG
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Mass R A.F. Raids For Third Successive Night Docks And Factories Attacked
THE R.A.F.'S BATTERING OF HAMBURG ON SATURDAY NIGHT LASTED - SEVERAL HOURS AND A CONCENTRATED ATTACK WAS MADE ON ALL ITS GREAT AND VARI- OUS INDUSTRIES.
At intervals throughout the night a power- ful force of bombers flew over the city and suburbs:
Success varied with changing weather but many pilots found periods when, in the words of one, conditions for bombing were perfect.
and communications Squadrons attacking the Blohm,dustries and Voss shipbuilding yards saw wherein riverside districts bursts in many parts of the area fered greatly. and explosions followed accom- panied by great billowing red flames,
A direct hit was scored on a neighbouring aircraft factory.
Thousand Incendiaries
suf-
!.
SEVEN SWISS SENT TO GAOL FOR LIFE
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Found guilty of at- tempting sabotage against the country's defences, seven Swiss subjects, including two recently returned from abroad, were sentenced in Berne yesterday to hard lab- our for life by court martial, according to a communique releas- ed by the Swiss Gen- eral Staff. Havas: 4000000000000000001
were
It is here that traffic is parti-high explosive bombs.
is a Just before midnight other various cularly dense for Hamburg natural link between ocean, riverbombers attacked from
Factories. and heights works in the Altona dis- and fail traffic.
trict where several bursts warehouses cover the ground.
Soon after dark the Rhenanin seen on the target.
the Another mineral oil factory was Ossag mineral oil works in
was at- Wilhelmsburg district
one of the last targets to be raid- In addition to many high ex-tacked by a large force of me-ed only an hour or two before plosive bombs another force of dium bombers and bursts were dawn.
observed of
results were Good a seen on the target in spite heavy bombers dropped over
after bombs had been dropped on thousand incendiaries on the great cloud banks.
other important targets in the Veddel riverside railway goods yards in
rail-and Peute industrial areas to the the Billwarder district.
same south of the riverside,
also
About the same time
attacking squadrons were Gaps in the clouds closed as the way goods yards in the attacks ended, says the Air Min-Wilhelmsburg district and istry, and made it impossible to the Schlink factory for the manu- observe the full results but enough facture of edible oil fats, was seen to make it certain that considerable damage, was done.-- Heuter. +
Largest Ever
Strong Forces
** Ships Bombed Successful attacks were also made against shipping during the bombed night and one, aircraft Later various targets in the three supply ships of about four.. Billwarder and Moorfleth river- to six thousand tons each, which side districts were attacked for were seen at the mouth of the two observer saw The hours. Here' over Elbe.
star- close to the The raid on Hamburg was car-nearly two
were bombs burst force one, thousand. incendiaries greatest ried out by the
board and port sides of the lead÷ which has ever raided that city dropped and many fires seen,
raid A strong force concentrated on ing ship... and further details of the are given by an Air Ministry the great railway yard beside the that river in the Billwarder district, news report which states.
Half an hour after this attack another bomber sighted a mer-
at intervals from just after night-identifying the target through chant ship of about 8,000 tons and Here again one of the bombs dropped was fall until six in the morning a gaps in the cloud. concentrated attack was made on, nearly
2 thousand incendiaries reported by the rear gummer as a
a great number of the city's in- were dropped as well as tons of direct hit.-British Wireless.
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R.A.F. bombers again attacked Brindisi- on Fri- day night, said an R.A.F. communique issued
Cairo yesterday.
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The railway station, aerodromes and oil tanks near the city were bombed and several fires
caus-
the
ed in the target area, but full extent of the damage could not be observed owing to clouds.
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Benghazi was raided successful- ly and shipping in the harbour uamaged.
The foreshore at Tobruk was bombed but it was not pos-
the sible to see the extent of damage
A fuel depot near Gura, Italian East Africa,
'al was attacked, direct hit on the largest building in the target area causing much damage.
On Friday night Zula was raid- and ed and buildings bombed sét on fire.
The Djibouti-Addis Ababa rail- way line south of Adagalla was .bombed. 'Direct hits are believed to have been made.
For three consecutive days Friday, Saturday and yes- terday the Colony had clean bill of health as far as cholera was concerned,
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Marsawa was raided, the sions of the Telecommunications Or main quay' and destroyer hase toing the principal objectives. All our 'planes except one re- turned safely.-Reuter.
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