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GENERAL

HOT RECEPTION FOR HIGH-FLYING SABOTEURS SENTENCED

NAZIS RAIDING LONDON

Bombs Jettisoned: Attack Beaten Back In An Hour

LONDON AUG. 19 (REUTER)-AN AIR MINISTRY comman que just issued states that short'y after midday yesterday a large, number of enemy aircraft in three successive" waves crossed the south-east coast and attempted to penetrate the defences of London area..

THEY WERE AT ONCÈ ENGAGED by our fighters and anti- aircraft guns,åfter a little over an hour's fighting the enemy were driven off and were in retreat across the North Sea and English Channel.

86 NAZI PLANES DESTROYED

LONDON, AGE. 19 (Reuter) The Air Ministry reports. that at least 86 enemy alicraft have been downed during yes- terday's raids,

be-

IN HOLLAND

DIRE THREATS IN NEW

PROCLAMATION".

LONDON, August 19 (Reuter)—– German

PIONEER SPIRIT OF PROTEGES

Australia To Receive

dissatisfaction. with First Batch Shortly

the behaviour of the Dutch peo- ple was reflected in a Proclama-

escort ughters, they were beaten back by R.AF Dghters long

LONDON. August 19 (Reuter)- fere they reached their objectives eral Christiansen Commander of first batch of

tion, issued at The Hague by Gen-Australia will soch welcome her Sometimes the sky was alive the Occupying Forces, a few hours teges to be evacuated from the Government pro- with planes.

As the Germans returned they after a British plane had landed more vulnerable parts of Britain. were challenged by

Holland and all the 12 occup.. anti-aircraft

Numbering 479, the children fire and finally fled across the ants gut away without leaving a were selected from grant in ald Although it is known that some Bghters.. Private houses three North Sea, hotly pursued by Bri-race behind them.

schools in all parts of England, bombs were dropped in Kent and miles away from one of the obtish Aghters.

The Proclamation reminds the Scotland and Wales. Ages range the neighbourhood of south Lon-Jectives were hit.

in Dutch people of à previous warn-from five to 18 years and

they ing on July 5, notwithstanding left their homes for the port of which "acts of sabotage had been embarkation-la- _the_strictest · committed.” ~*

SECOND WARNING

don further details are not yes People In one shelter sang "Pack land town were cancelled.

All church services at one available;

Up Your Troubles" and "pper- Other ralds have been made inary both favourite songs of the the "Hampshire area. Our fighters last war, as nolce of bombs and engaged the enemy arid are still in anti-aircraft fire shattered the

Sunday lunch-time calm.

action

;

- HOME COUNTIES RAID

LONDON, Aug. 19 (Reuter)—

An air raid warning was sounded LONDON, August 19 (Reuter) --

in London area yesterday "even" Ing for the second time,

Heavy explosions were heard in the outskirts of the city.

Seventeen bombs fell

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secrecy.

After stating that not only in- The headmaster of one school dividuals but the whole local com- in charge of the party told a re- munity would be punished for porter before, they sailed that the sabotage, the Proclamation orders yourigsters have the real pioneer" the people to report the landing spirit.

EVENING, RAID London, Aug. 19 (Reuter)-It is Sirens went when enemy bombers unofficially stated that during the attacked the south-eastern section evening raid on England, 42 Ger- suburban golf course

of enems planes or the dropping The majority tell me they are of the Home Counties, Bombs areman bombers travelling towards.

of objects from planes and threa- never coming back to Erigland. reported to have been dropped the London area were beaten backber of districts. Two bombs fell soldiers.

Barbs were dropped on a num-tens penalties for sheltering enemy. They say they are going to Aus- over a wide area.

before they had reached thir ob- on the main shopping centre of

tralia to make a lot of money jective.

It is disclosed that the German and then after the war they are that some persons were machine several saboteurs, a London suburb. It is reported Military. Court lately sentenced going to send for mum and dad günned as they ran for shelter.

to come ont" and-join_them,”

80 FEET UP

Machine-gun büllets fel into the roadway while a fight between raiders and British fighters pro- ceeded overhead.

Chased by RAF. fighters after being harassed by anti-aircraft fre, they fed back to sea

At least two hitherto are report. ed to have crashed,..

CIVILIAN CASUALTIES LONDON, August 19 (Beuter) —

The Air Raid Warden of an- other town said the planes ere only 80 feet up when they passed over the town,

Some miles away, three or four

Two Nazi bombers attempting to escape ran into some Spitfires which are reported.. to have shot down one of them while the other, when last seen was barely 1,000 An Air Ministry and Ministry of feet high with British fighters on Home Security communique says German planes, apparently in Its-tall

that in raids upon this country at difficulties, few so low over OTHER LOSSES

mid-day yesterday, bombs were village street that one struck the There are tinecnfirmed reports of other Nazi losses: It is under-dropped in the outer fringe. of stood that" altogether four raiders the south London area, in Kent impact dislodged a bomb.

chimney pots of cottages and the

in the London

and other parts of south-eastern district were and southern England. brought down-one by fighters be- fore the attack started.

Information hitherto available Bombs Jettisoned by the purstedhows that some civilian

casual-

a

This bomb fell on a cottage, and the whole row of adjoining shops were wrecked.

A 90-year-old woman was

Elsewhere the number of casualter and was killed when a

too

Coastal Command Planes

Leave Boulogne In Flames

LONDON, Aug. 19. (Reuter)-An Air Ministry.communique. states: "Seaplanes and shipping in Boulogne Harbour - were heavily and successfully attacked by battle, aircraft of the Coastal Command last night,

مجرد

Oil plants, munition factories, aircraft stores and railway targets in Germany were bombed and attacks were made on 26 aeròdromes in North-west France, Holland and Belgium.

"All our affcraft returned safely.**

TONS OF EXPLOSIVES

Nazis fell on three roads. There bourhood at Croydon, then stout to enter the Anderson stel BRITISH CONSUL LONDON, Aug 19 (EWS)-Fur-

were no casualties but damage

was done to private property,

EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT LODON, Aug. 19 (Reuter)--A Tе- porter who watched the rald on

ties was small and damage property slight.

EVENING' RAIDS

ta

This evening large formations

bomb

demobished her house,

PILOTS BURNED- Some bombs tell In a church yard in another town, shattering tombstones.

British fighters have been play

the London area from close quar" of enemy aircraft again crossed ters telephoned' that the first rald- the south-east coast near Dovez. er passed overhead flying at about These formations attempted to ing bavoc with the enemy raiders, 25,000 to 30.000 feet.

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many of which crashed in fields

caused in this

NAZI LOSSES

An

EXPELLED

YUGO-SLAV ACTION UNCONFIRMED LONDON, August-19 (Reuter

ther details of the air attack on Boulogne show that three tons of high explosive bombs interspersed with showers of incendiaries were. dropped on the harbour by Fairey Battle aircraft of the Coastal

Command.

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Targets were enemy ships and Only the occasional reflection of penetrate the London defences

formations or seaplanes assembled sunshine of their wings and the Estuary, but were broken up by were burned

along both sides of the Thames or villages, A number of pilots According to the Belgrade corres- in the basin. : drone of engines revealed their car attacking fighters and driven others were speedily captured.

to death, while pendent of tac Itallap Dews Despite fierce opposition from presence.

agency, Mr. Ralph Parker, des- ground, defences the Battles dived, People in the neighbourhood back over Kent and Essex.

Hikers and picnic parties incribed 43 British Consul at effectively on the objectives at two- quickly realised that a raid was

The available information is in some cases saw thrilling nights or Skoplje (Yugo-Blavia), Mr. Ter-minute intervals. The harbour was afoot and took shelter with British complete, but it appears that very came upon wrecked and smould-ence Atherton, correspondent, or bombed on all sides from a low fighters already going into action.

little damage was done and fewering enemy planes in the fields. the Daily Mail in Belgrade and a height, casualties were NAZIS TURNING TAIL

36 DESTROYED

Swiss journalist, Rudolph singer, evening's raids.

SEAPLANE STRUCK LONDON, August 10 (Reuter) are expelled from Yugo-Slavia for For a time they were engaged in battle, then it became obvious that

The main pler at the entrance Air Ministry communique "spreading news regarding Al-was bit several times but most of the raiders were turning tall, hav-

Reports received at 8 p.m. B.S.T. states that reports received up to banta calculated to disturb rela- the bombs fell plumb among ships ing failed to reach their objective show that at least 86 enemy air-6 pm. show that 36 enemy airtons between Rome and Bel- and seaplanes in the basin.

About 15 minutes later bombers craft have been destroyed in yes-craft were destroyed by our fight-grade."

of the seaplanes struck came up terday's battles, Seventy-threeers during raids on South-west Reuter's diplomatie correspon above the smoke of explosions in ploded, houses were shaken by of these were shot down by our England at midday yesterday. dent learns in authoritative quara thousand pieces. their detonation and the vibration ghters, 12 by cur anti-aircraft Bombs were dropped on several ters that there is no confirma- One section of anti-aircraft guna of answering anti-aircraft guns. Suns and one by 2 searchlight R.AF. aerodromes where some tion in London of the expulsion was particularly troublesome to an As the Nazi planes made off isolat-crew.

personnel were killed and others of Mr. Ralph Parker from Yugo-aircraft which attacked from" the Sixteen of our ngnters have injured.

Slavia.

landward side of the harbour so been lost in combat but the pilots

the plot interrupted his bombing arid let his machine gunners deal with them.

were seen again and as bombs ex-

ed raiders chased by British Aght- ers became visible.

THREE WAVES Another reporter in the south-

ar eight are safe,

the

Bombs were dropped on south-east coast" yesterday-after-

PUPPET TROOPS ANNIHILATED

east area said that the falders noon causing fres before the rald, IN SHANTUNG came over in three waves, each wave consisting of 12, aircraft flyers were chased away by fighters...

ing in V-formation and all very high.

女声

600 RAIDERS

One

GUNS SILENCED puppet troops in the Sunwul see- tor in Kwangtung pushed toward.

One dive and less than a hun- Kutaing, south of Sunwul, on the dred rounds of small arm ammuini- morning of August 18. A day-tion were sufficient to silence these guns. Then the Battle one of the Japanese

leisurely resumed the bombing at- columns was driven back while tack on raore important targets:

When" another Battle had un- the other was surrounded

loaded bombs squarely on two ob- jectives, a heavy coastal battery. opened fire as it turned for home. Shells from this. battery followed the aircraft to within four miles of | KDE English coast.“

LONDON, August 19 (Reuter) — CHINESE SABOTEURS August. Toward enemy ACTIVE IN SHANSI evening

CHUNGKING, Aug. 19 (Central) -Japanese raiding parties have been sent from Ichang.on the Yangtze River, 350 miles above

He saw one formation SWOOD The Air Ministry news service down on its objective. The other states that at least 600 German two made, off in other directions, planes were used in raids on Enc- shortly followed by Spitares which land yesterday, engaged them,

41

HEAVY A.A, FIRE

ALIVE WITH PLANES LONDON, August 19 (Reuter) -

A realdent in one of the areas When 42 German bombers, flying Hankow, to attack the Chinese affected said that the raiders met in close formation with the London positions to the north. They have very heavy anti-aircraft dre and joten as their objective: crossed at with stiff Chinese resistance,

hotly pursued by British the south-east, accompanied by sustaining heavy losses.

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At noon on August 14 they laid mines

PORTUGAL THANKED

DESTROYER IN

RESCUE DRAMA

All the Coastal Command bomb- ers came back without the smallest damage.

Blenheim fighters which escorted the Battles report that when the LONDON, Aug. 19 -(BWS)-The attack ended, Boulogne, Basin was

at several points on the following message has been sent ringed and criss crossed by spread- Tatung-Puchow Rahway at How-to the Minister of Marine in Lising flame. na Four Japanese locomotives bon by the First Lord of the and more than ten coaches were Admiralty blown up at different times,

TRAIN DYNAMITED

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LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuter)

On August 13 a southbound of the Royal Navy I wish to ex- Japanese military train was dy-press warm appreciation of the nacted at Tungchep. The loco, chivalrous action of the Pertu- motive and three coaches were Buese destroyer Dad in making Under the heading "That Last wrecked

repeated and successful searches Frenchman, the New York Times As a result of heavy rain, fur for survivors of the British comments on the old German ther damage has been done to the Fame,"

speer that Britain was fighting to track of the Tatung-Puchow The British Fame, outward the Last Frenchman.

Raliway.

bound in ballast and sailing in-

A Blantung report states that dependently, was torpedoed with Chinese troops smashed into frat-out warning off the Azores on the tung, northeast of Tsinan, on the morning of August 12, night of August 8. Fighting raged

EXTENSIVE SEARCH

Britain gave no answer to these Eneers at that time, says the, American paper, but today Britain is giving the anawar for all the world to read.

in the streets for the whole night. The Portuguese- destroyer lao

Alone in England, unafraid in Toward morning most of the Jap-carried out an extensive search England, they fight for France as anese and puppet troops were for survivors but the first search well as Britain to the last Briton.. annihilated and all the Japanese talled to locate the boats.

and Dapper political and military Later one Ufeboat containing 1b

establishments were destroyed. men from the British Fame, ar crew had been seen in two life-

Japanese reinforcementa arrived fred at the Azores. They re-boats: later in the day and fighting was ported the captain had been tax-The Portuguese destroyer Dao Intensifiert

en prisoner by the U-Boat and thereupon carried out a further three nien had been killed by the search and located and rescued explosion of the torpedo. The the 30 mlaxing men from the Bri- remain 30 members of the Fish Fame.

- SUNWUI FIGHTING SHIUHINI, Aug. 19 (Central) Twe&columns of Japanese and

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