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"THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 4, 1941.

R.A.F. Heavy Bombers Blast Heart Of The German Capital

Explosions And Fires In Berlin

A STRONG FORCE OF TWO AND FOUR- ENGINED BOMBERS ATTACKED THE HEART OF BERLIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT WITH GREAT BRITAIN'S HEAVIEST BOMBS.

In giving this news, the Air Ministry news service says that Berlin's winter has begun in earnest as there were already enough hours of darkness to bring a really strong force of bombers over the German capital, and the German radio's description of this heavy at- tack as the work of only a few isolated air- craft suggests that the enemy has to live by anticipation of how much more can be done when there is yet more darkness.

sion out of the corner of my eye. and when I first saw it, I thought it was a flare about a thousand feet away, then I realised it was far below, on the ground.

Though it was cloudy over the "I caught sight of the explo- North Sea, the sky was clear over Central Germany, and while the mbon was setting and gave no help lo British aircraft as they ap proached. the Crews dropped flares and saw many landmarks, and they aimed their heaviest bombs at the heart of Berlin.

The attack was made from all! directions and as soon as the first bomb had fallen gunfire began.

Their Money's Worth

a

"My rear gunner called me to tell me that he had had

full view of it. It was ter rific, he said. I think we gave the Berliners their maney's worth all right."

FASCIST A

TRIFLE TOO OUTSPOKEN

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

The

confiscation

of copies of the last issue of the "Regime Fascista" has been ordered by the Pre- fect of Cremona be- cause of an article by the editor, Roberto Farinacci, urging Gen- eral Cavallero to reor- ganise the Italian

army.

Officials in Rome state the article con- tained "damaging and inexact •state- ments" concerning the Italian army. --International News Service.

crews

2

at-

the buildings at which we were aining." Other to

reported fire like which "heaved

a volcano" and three huge explosions with a deep red glow over the city visi- ble when they were 80 miles away. Berlin had

a greatly increased

Hamburg was as Bercely number of searchlights, and the!

lacked as Berlin, and great dam- pilot of a Stirling four-engined

One of the new bombs was ear-age was done to ducks, railways bomber said: "We saw the ried in the aircraft piluted by a and industries and there were good searchlights when we were about Wing Commander who went to reports of an equally heavy uttack 40 miles from Berlin, When we Berlin on Saturday night to cele-on the shipbuilding yards at Kiel. got near we reckoned there were brate, as he put it, the concluso that the night's operations about 300 of them.

sion of five months in command resulted in widespread destruction of a bomber squadron,

in three of the main centres Germany's strength.

Circular Tour

A few hours after the attack he "We sneaked

between handed over to his successor and in them and we arrived over the took up his new job as ground bomber outskirts of Berlin at 1.30 a.m. captain, commanding and we bombed at 1.54 a.m.. station. and in that time we had made

circular tour

อ

Central Berlin.

over most of

He said: "I did not know when I would be able to have another crack at the enemy, and the chance was too good to miss. I was not There was a good number of, disappointed. It was a good at- bombers over the city at the same; tack and we were all very pleas- time as ourselves so the grounded with the results." defences could not concentrate on any one aircraft.

"Flying around, we saw a lot of incendiary bombs go down in the west of the city.

The captain of a four-engin-

of

on

Summer Offensive

Saturday

raid night's Berlin w28 the second since the R.A.F.'s summor offensive opened. The last raid on the German capital was

July 25, when four-engined bombers alco dropped some

of the heavlest and most powerful bombs ever used, right in the centre of the city. Saturday night's raid

on

recalls!

Col.

will

that

Little Hugh Diarmaid, the son of Lord and Lady David Douglas Hamilton, was one year old on June 17 when this pic-

It will be remembered

Lady David ture was taken. Douglas-Hamilton was formerly "M185 Prunella Stack, Britain's Douglas Hamilton "perfect giri.” Photo shows Lady David

with her little son.

AMERICAN PERU

PEIPING

PROTEST

CANCELS TREATY

b

to

Peru has decided cancel the 1925 Agree- ment with Germany of the exchange of diploma- tic bags for official cor-

ed bomber, a Flight Lieutenant the statement made by who has the Distinguished Fly Moore-Brabazon, Minister of Air- ing Cross, said he had no difcraft Production, in the House of ficulty in finding the centre of Commons on July 10, that the city.

will not be many months before "Our own bombs burst on the

raids like those on London meeting point of two sets of rail- "Heaved Like Volcano" be child's play compared with The United States Em- way lines, and my rear gunner

the raids we will be able to bassy in Peiping has pro- said he could see the lines quite

"Shells were bursting only feet clearly in the light of the bomb beneath us but we got through. Berlin, which is the centre of tested to the Japanese respondence. flashes.

My rear gunner told me he could the German railway system, be- see clouds of black smoke coming sides being a big industrial city. Embassy against certain up after the bombs had hit their has altogether been raided nearly anti-American activities. marks. Our flares had lighted up 50 times.-Reuter.

"As we were coming away we saw one of the new bombs go off. I had never seen one before.

make on Berlin."

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INDIAN ASSEMBLY

SESSIONS

LEAVING IRAN

in a 'from

It is learned in Cairo that the Fourteen sittings are provided German military attache in for the autumn session of the Teheran,accompanied by two Central Legislative Assembly In German Foreign Office officials; India commencing on October 27, reached Ankara from Iran on and Which will be the first in Saturday.

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which the new "non-official "mem- Presumably enroute to Ger- Bers of the Viceroy's Executive many, they crossed the frontier Council will take part in their from Iran to Erzerum in the mid- official capacity-Reuter.

Idle of last week, Reuter,