THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 9, 1940.
DUSSELDORF LIGHT
BLASTED
PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF THE R.A.F. RAID ON DUSSELDORF ON SATURDAY, NIGHT SHOW IT WAS AS HEAVY AND DESTRUCTIVE AS THE ATTACK ON THE CITY LAST. WEDNES~: DAY NIGHT,
Visibility was good and pilots had no dif- ficulty in recognising the targets - blast fur naces, steel works, gas works, railway yards and the inland port.
Roofs caved in under] the weight of bombs and explosions tore walls of several steel works wide open.
One experienced crew said "the largest fires they had ever seen" were blazing.
One of Wednesday's targets included an armaments factory.
Ports Battered
Meanwhile details of the R.A.F.'s raid on the French At- lantic ports of Brest and Lorient on Saturday night, when the Luft- waffe was "grounded" for the Brst time since the opening of the blitz, were issued in London last night.
Brest underwent the . most severe battering so far.
At the outset fires were start-
ed around the naval school and there followed a vast explosion- at the power station.
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One observer described scene as like a huge blacksmith's forge from which rose showers of what looked like hot metal, mingled with debris of shattered buildings.
Incendiaries and high explo- sives fell on infantry and naval barracks and, buildings in be- tween. Reuter.
Intense Barrage
The dry dock at Brest was among other targets bombed.
The attacks, from which one aircraft did not return, were carried out through an intense barrage of anti-aircraft fire. Many shells burst so close that the cabins of aircraft were bril- Jiantly illuminated.
During the raid - on Lorient fifteen fires were counted in one part of the naval station alone, around the dry dock.
*- Other objectives -included shipbuilding yards and ordnance works. Fires: were also started close to U-boat refueling
wharves.-British Wireless,
GULLIBLE WATCHMAN
CHAN KAM-WAN, 23, WAS CHARGED BEFORE MR. G. T. LOWRY THIS MORNING, WITH IMPERSONATING A POLICE OFFICER, AND WITH OBTAIN= ING. AN OVERCOAT BY FALSE PRETENCES.
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According to Detective-Sergeant Bentley, defendant searched pedestrian, Wan Ngau,. at noon on Saturday and said he was police constable. Later, the same day, he approached a District Watchman (Ño.'85) and borrow- ed his overcoat, explaining that he needed it as he was working with Detective Chief Inspector, M. Murphy that night. Defendant was given the coat, and was not seen again until yesterday, when he was arrested..
Defendant was formerly a po- lice constable in Canton, and nud: been working as a watchman In Prince's Building. He lost his employment, some six months ago, Sentence of one month's hard labour was imposed.
SHOPLIFTER AT SINCERE'S
Kwok Kwan,-23, cookboy; -was- bound over by÷Mr.G, T., Lowry this morning," for stealing three tennis: « balls from the Sincere Company..yesterday.de
Sub-Inspector W. L. Clarke said that defendant was seen with the balls in his possession. When questioned, he ran out of the shop but was caught-after a long chase.
CAR JUMPS OFF
THE ROAD
BOMBS ON LONDON
AS A RULE NAZI RAIDERS ARE USING LIGHT CALIBRE BOMBS IN THEIR ATTACKS ON LONDON,
Of the thousands of bombs which have been dropped, by for the greater number range in
weight from 25 to 100 pounds. A small percentage are of the 250 pounds calibre.
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A few "thousand pounde which have been dropped docks are believed to be the. heaviest type. Germaný pos 18- sos. They are, however, regard- od by experts as uneconomical, and Germany has fow aircraft capable of carrying them. There is a general impression that Germany is using the smaller type of bombs primarily with view to causing as much fright and inconvenience as possible to civilian population and Industrial workers over a wide area.
STILL OPEN DESPITE BOMB
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Losing control of the car (No. 315) which he was driving yes- terday, Mr. E. V. M. de Sousa, of No. 39, Granville Road, narrowly escaped serious injuries when the vehicle left the road and ran into so runs a ditch, near Shatin Station. The damaged premises in a SE, dis-
trict. car was badly damaged.
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