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GENERAL

MACHINE-GUN ATTACK ON CHILDREN IN Record Week

THE SCILLY ISLES

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LONDON RAID: COUNSEL AT COURT-MARTIAL AND IRRELEVANT INTRUSION

· LONDON, “August 27 (Reuter) The air raid warning was sounded in the London aren again yesterday afternoon making it' the sixteenth warning strice the war began and the sixth "in. three days. The alarm was sounded just after a large number of planes, btlieved to be enemy aircraft, had passed over the Thames Estuary In the direction of London flying at a

great height.

up.

Anti-aircraft guns were in action and British fighters went Their formations were broken up and they were pursued out to sea. Fifteen minutes later the all-clear was given with no in- cidents being reported.

Later an attack was made la seeing. several huge columns of met smoke rising, in different direc-

the Portsmouth area but it

with no success. No casualties were reported..

tons apparently caused by planes which crashed. Over one huge During the day a number coluran four RAF. Righters circled casualties, some of which were for some minutes and later

of

HARVEST FIELDS" BOMBED Inhabitants of a tiny south

eastern

to

hamlet turned out deal with a hall of Incendiary bombs dropped on the harvest fields.

"We thought the whole place was balaze but tackled the res with spadesful of earth and they

soon were put out with Jittle damage."

up

normal

or

37 ENEMY RAIDERS BERLIN RAID

DESTROYED

LONDON, Aug. 27 (Reuter)— An Air Ministry communique states that reports so far re- ceived show that, at least 37 enemy" aircraft have been 'des- troyed during attacks on this' country yesterday.

Fifteen of our aircraft are lost but the pilots of six are safe.

H.M.S. HOSTILE

SUNK

WAS IN MEMORABLE NARVIK ACTION

the

HAMPERED BY

For Aircraft Production

BAD WEATHER Aircraft Production,

Nazis Given Taste

Of Own Medicine

LONDON," August 27 (Reuter)— An -Air Ministry communique

states that yesterday RAF bom-

bers attacked a number of aero-

dromes in enemy-occupied terri

tory in Holland and Belgium.

These attacks were continued after nightfall on aerodromes in northern France... Operations

area

LONDON, August 37 (Reuter)-| Lord Beaverbrook, “ Minister for announced that last week was a record week for production" of British aircraft: the RAF being provided with more hters and bombers than ever before in the history of BTY- tish aviation.

PREPAREDNESS IN BALKANS

Disturbance Due To Axis Campaign

LONDON, August 27 (Reuter) Preparedness continues to be the keynote of the latest news from the Balkans.

. Fresh areas in Greece have beea banned to foreign planes crat.. Four classes of reservists" following trespass by Italian air- are joining the colours.

Hungary is calling up thousands of reservists and taking air raid precautionary measures.

Rumania has cancelled all army

in the Berlin on Sunday night were hampered by poor weather conditions. Selected military LONDON, August. 27 (Reater)- The Admiralty announce that the

objectives were attacked, as destroyer Hostile (Lieutenant Coni-

were also anti-aircraft" bat- teries and searchlight concen- fatal, was caused by bombs in RAF machines were seen passing been sunk by an enemy mine.

two mander AF. Burnell Nugent) has trations

outskirts of on the several country, districts during over each column of smoke_ap ↑ - The next of kin of the casualties

the German capital. Isolated enemy attacks. Bombs parently checking

Other aircraft attacked supply were dropped in the Scilly Isles German machines.

on fallen have been informed:

depots at Cologne, Hamm and but there were no casualties.

The destroyer Hostile was one of Schwerte. Docks at Bremen were IRRELEVANT INTRUSION the vessels of the Second De also bombed. In the London area wardens stroyer Flotilla which participated and polite were having some in the memorable attack on Narvik

DOCKS BOMBED_ Aircraft of the Coastal". Com. i difficulty in persuading people to last April when Captain Warbur-mand attacked of tanks at Cher-leave and has sent reinforcements take cover during air raid warn ton-Lee of the destroyer Hardy was bourg, seaplanes and ings, now that the warnings are fatally wounded and was awarded in Boulogne harbour and docks

"E" boats to Transylvania. becoming a common occurrence posthumously the

first Victoria at Flushing.

The main cases of all this dis- While the

majority of people Cross of the present war.

From all these bombing opera-paign against Greece. Axis pres- turbance are Italy's violent cam- troop off to the shelters many

tions, five of our aircraft have not sure prefer to continue their

returned

campaign against Turkey. occupations unless gunfire.

aircraft entered

ала Thames A Sunderland flying boat of tae Rumanla.

Hungary's claims against Another Reuter message states bomb. explosions are heard. Estuary and approached, London Coastal Command on patrol in that two large forces of enemy When the sirens sounded

but were 'engaged and scattered the Tromso area last night attack-

ITALIAN PROVOCATION bombers, flying at 20,000 feet. terday afternoon a counsel

by our fighters and anti-aircrafted a number of enemy lying of Italian provocation, but at the Greece is standing firm in face -made an unsuccessful attempt to speaking at a court-martial at guns. Some of them dropped boats at anchor, sinking two, same time she reach London yesterday afternoon. the Duke of York's headquarters. bombs in Essex causing little setting a third afire and damax

is not, giving the They were met by a strong force

Turning to the President he damage and a few casualties." ng others

the slightest pretext to of fighters over south-east queried: "Should

4

one be inter-

attack Dealing with operations else-

U P. VERSION town and for ten minutes a terrupted by this irrelevant German where the communique states: LONDON, Aug. 27 (Reuter) still firmly against acceptance of Public opinion in Rumania is rifle battle raged over the clouds intrusion?" The President answer- "About noon a forcé of enemy A United Press the machines being visible only ed "No" and the counsel

despatch from Hungary's claims, con-bombers escorted by fighters ap-Berlin describing in detall the for brief intervals through breaks tinued his speech."..

proached the south-east coast British raid over Berlin, and in the clouds.

and spilt into several formations. particularly the swooping over

"Some attacked barrage in Dover and other drop- took the chief headlines in New the balloon Chancellor Hitler's Chancellors. Folkestone where York newspapers yesterday.

The despatch ran:-"British bombers zoomed over Chan- cellor Hitler's new Chancel- Iory and other governmental buildings in the heart of the capital while heavy-bomb explosions echoed' through the streets.

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FOLKESTONE RAID ***. Machine-gun fire and the can nions of the German Messerschmitts, A large number of bombs, in-ped bombs on

LONDON, August 27 (Reuter) which were apparently accomcluding incendiaries, were dropped buildings in the centre of panying the bombers, could

be during yesterday afternoon's rald town were hit but the number plainly heard and after. giving

on Folkestone. battle the Germans tummed tall

The German ralders dived low

of casualties was small. and-made for home.

and bombs could be seen leaving came inland for some

"The remainder of the forte their racks. Damage

distance done but turned back when to property and a number of by our fighters. casualties were caused but fires were started.

TWO RAIDERS DOWN At least two German machines were seen to fall and will the fighting was. In progress many bombs were heard falling in the distance..

was

по

engaged

WALL OF LIGHT LONDON, August 27 (Reuter)-

.

"At 2 a.m. as church bells toled

ed in the London area again last The air raid warning was sound-the hour over the suddenly desert- ed city, with men. women and chlidren cowering in air raid

A Domnler bomber crashed the beach, a second crashed a Reuter's correspondent who wit-mile or two inland while the third; nessed some of the battle from dived into the the top of a corn stack reports riders were chased away by Bri- could be heard clearly among the

sea. The other ght and the thudding of bombshelters, only distant detonations |

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sharper cracks of the anti-air- Reports frumm

craft guns. another south eastern district state that

At one time, it seemed Spit- fires shot down two" Messer London was ringed by a wall of schmitts escorting German bomblight. As time passed the raiders ers across the Straits of Dover. Al-appeared to have spilt into three together the crew of three Ger- groups, each followed unerringly man planes were rescued

by searchlights, though most of the sea,

the raiders were hidden by Three Messerschmitts attacked celling of low clouds. the Dover balloon barrage and two balloons fell in flames.

from

CHILDREN MACHINE-GUNNED

came but 10 minutes later the din broke out again with even greater intensity."

FIRST ISSUE OF LA FRANCE LONDON, Aug. 27 (Reuter)- a Free Frenchmen in England now have their own daily newspaper.

The first issue of La France came out yesterday morning, and It includes a satirical cartoon

trials being faced by Clemenceau. showing the Judges at the Riom

EARLIER REPORT LONDON, August 27 (Reuter) It is believed that eight enemy planes were

abot down during

LONDON, August 27 (Reuter)-the battle over the clouds in the

It was learned here that 150 southeast area mentioned earlier. who asks:-"And me?" bombs were dropped during the One bomber just missed the La France is being produced by Scilly Isles raid on Sunday and roof of a farmhouse and crashed French Journal'sts in London. some houses set on fire

ablaze in a cornfield. Three more

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been brought down in the south. east coast area.

CHILDREN ON THE BEACH bombers are now known to have WERE MACHINE-GUNNED AND SEVERAL WOUNDED WHILE A GIRL WAS KILLED BY A BULLET. A BABY WAS BLOWN OUT OF ITS-MOTHER'S ARMS."

About 50 rounds of machine. gun fire was directed at an hotel which had its windows,' blown In and its roof damaged,

·ABÜRTIVE RAID

The fact that the German at- tempt ONL a large scale air

raid proved abortive is revealed

in an Air Ministry communique

LONDON, August 27 (Renter)- Among the places hit. by German bombs on Sunday was a cinema.

It was due to start showing "Gone With the Wind" today.

.

DUC DE GUISE PASSES

Duc de Guise Pretender to the MADRID. Aug. 27 (Reuter)-

French Throne, is reported to have died st Larache. Spanish Morocco:

Mission To Study Arms Output

India's

LONDON, August 27. (Benter SENATE ADOPTS

which states: "During Monday Mr. Herbert Morrison Minister of

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mission under Sir Alexander

Roger is on its way to India to SERVICE BILL

investigate means of increasing

India's production of munitions WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (Reuters and other war stores both for her —The Senate adopted without own needs and to meet those of division the amendment to the the forces in the Middle East and Compulsory Service Bill limiting East of Snez;

to 900,000 the number of cou The task of increasing India's scripts who could be under train- arms Industry will need be consi-ing at any one time. dered in relation to the existing During the debate Senator and potential arms output of Sheppard, chairman of the Senate other Empire countries in the Military Committes, said that it. Eastern Hemisphere. Australia. Was the War Department's inten- New Zealand, South Africa, South tion to give 8,400,000 conscripts Rhodesia, Burma, Hongkong, Cey one year's training over the next Ion, Malaya and the East African five yeaTN. " Territories.

Hence it is fortunate that a ject and at the request of the conference of representatives of Union Government, the mission those countries will be meeting will profit by its call at Capetown at Delhi during the time of the en route for India to study the mission's stay in India munitions capacity of South

In pursuance of the same ob- Africa

Italians

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