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GENERAL

ENEMY FORMATION REPULSED WANTON NAZI CRUELTY

IN BATTLES OVER LONDON AND KENT

NAZIS MACHINE-GUN BRITISH PARACHUTIST

French

REVEALED

"PREMIER PRAISES

Africa Behind BOMBER COMMAND De Gaulle

LONDON, Sept.

LONDON, Sept. 2 (Reuter)--in ¦

wrecked

a congratulatory message to the RAF. Bomber Command, the

Mr. (Reuter) Prime Minister,

Winston It was officially announced in Churchill, contrasts the behaviour London yesterday that the whole of British and German bombers of the Free French forces in and discloses that nearly 1,000 Equatorial Africa have joined houses and shops were General de Gaulle.

The Governor has placed him- self under the flag of Free France Bombs were dropped at several places on the river and north-with all the civil and military au- east Kent. In one town several houses and shops were destroyed and some damage was done to a laundry, the railway station and river-side buildings The number of casualties was hot large.

LONDON, Sept. 2 (Reuter) — An Air Ministry and Ministry of Ime Security, communique, states that yesterday morning a strong force of enemy aircraft crossed the Kent coast and flew northwards towards the Thames, Anti-aircraft defences went into action and the enemy force was intercepted by our fighters and broken up.

Reports hitherto show that in summing up Saturday's fighting.

heaviest these engagements 11 enemy art says that the

flgbting cruft were shot down by our fight-of the day took place at 6 pm. ers, and one of our aircraft was when the enemy hurled 300 bomb- ers ans fighters against south-

lost.

thorities in the colony,

TENSION IN RUMANIA

in Ramsgate

The message states that the

HITLER'S SECRET WEAPON

·FIRST YEAR OF WAR REVIEWED

NEW YORK, Sept. 2 (Beuter)~A review of the first year of the war Was the subject of the main editorials in the New York press

fact that in the first British yesterday and the general tone of operations in the Berlin area last

the comment « views Sunday week a great majority of chances as favourable,

In the carly afternoon a second east England including the Lon- STRONG GUARDS AT the performance of their dan force of enemy aircraft came in.' don area,

Britain's

writes:

The New York Times says. “Al- ready the American people can see the ames licking at their .com- fortable and sheltered world. The epic resistance of Britain today

nay ye: prove the falsity of Hit

British pilots brought their bombs The Herald „Tribune home rather than loose them un-One year of war leaves Hitler's der weather conditions which triumphs shaky." made it difficult to hit the pre- clse military objectives as pre- scribed in their orders shows the high standard of poise and self- restraint preserved by the RAF.

crous duties.

This is in marked contrast to flyers who, for example, vented last year it would be a bitter dis- through

their spite upon the defenceless

appointment to Germany if the Uncertaints and tension reigns watering place and town of Rama-advent of this winter found Bri- throughout the country and the gate in which nearly 1,000 dwell. täin still unconquered--The events public is only just beginning togs and shops, mostly of modest of spring and summer have wiped realise the severity of the character, have been wrecked. "; out all their doubts about the

AXIS LEGATIONS land and approached the South-Among the many fighters which cast outskirts of London area. A helped to repulse the attack-wast -BUCHAREST, Sept. 2-(Reuter) series of engagements took place a Polish squadron which in the The Ramanlan · Army is HOW and bombs were dropped before, ighting over Kent destroyed four falling back the enemy could be driven off. Messerschmitts and damaged | Transylvania. Reports are not yet available uthers without loss to themselves.

THIRD RAN

During the third daylight MIX ald warning in the London urea large forces of German. aircraft crossed the south-east coast and

L

headed towards London.

Severn! minutes before

the warning was sounded In the Lon- don areas. squadrons of British ughters flew southwards to the enemy.

meet

get.

COWARDLY ATTACK

a

LONDON, Sept. 2. Reuter) The second instance within few days of a British pilot desj cending by parachute being deli berately machine-gunned by a German Eghter was reported from a south east district.

Vienna operation.”

North

the wanton cruelty of

German

er's belief that he could conquer

Europe and dominate the world." A.

"The Times" "Berlin correspondient writes: "After the harsh winter of

"It is very satisfactory that so war." Trains are reaching the capital many tons of British bombs have! with pitiful freights of refugees been disenarged with such pre- ejected from their homes, which a cision in difficult conditions and few days ago their men had sworn at such great distances, and that to defend until death against the so many. important military ob- jectives in Germany and Bály have been so sharply smitten,

During a fight with three Mes- Hungarians, serschmitts on Saturday a British

Two formations of enemy airplane was shot down. As the craft, however, managed to

pilot descended #n eye-witness through but were soon met by a saw a Nazi machine detach Itself! heavy barrage and a fresh force, from the others and circled round of fighters.

the descending pilot. *After "a 10-minute fight the

eliemy formations were broken up and individual units made for coast In various directions pursued by Spitores and Harri- canes.

Protest demonstrations are already being organised. In Bucharest last night a great crowd gathered outside the university.

BRITISH COURAGE

The Daily News devotes full- page articles d.scribing what it alleges is Hit'er's secret wea-. pon- smal radio-controlled boat -ded with explosives with the dest uctive p.wer of a dozen torpedoes.

The air battles over London and

"All this is another sign and proof that command of the air is Berlin are splashed by all the pa- being gradually and painfully, pers. The majority of the ac- büt remorselessly, wrested from counts come from London and the Nazi criminals who hoped by there is a liberal dose of eye-vit- Bursts of machine-gun fire was German Legations are strongly this means to terrorise and domi- ness stories paying tribute to heard and when the parachutist guarded against attack and strong nate European civilisation," the British courage under attack. landed it was found that he had squads of Police are guarding the. been shot through the heart.

A.A. BAG 15

LONDON, Sept. 2 (Reuter) - Anti-aircraft gunners had

The

streets

Hungarian, Italian and

ORGANISED RESISTANCE?

T

Dr. Maniu, the Peasant Party! 22 DESTROYED

leader, is leaving the Cluj, and he LONDON, Sept. 2

their is credited in some quarters with (Reuter) best day on Saturday for nearly the intention of organising resis Twenty-two enemy aircraft were a fortnight, destroying 15 destroyed in ralds yesterday up aircraft, states the Air Ministry enemy

tance there. to 6.30 pm. Eleven British planes!

news service. ~

All musical and sporting events came down but five pilots are

Ten were brought down during for today, were cancelled and the throughout Rumania,, scheduled safe, according to an official an- -nouncement,

an evening attack on England, including the London

Aerial warfare reached its most intense pitch this week-end, the frst anniversary of Britain's de- claration of hostilities,

While throughout Saturday and Sunday the "Battle of London". was fought high above the capi- tal, the RAF. which, with anti- aircraft gunners

bad maintain

ed a ring of steel round the city, was hammering at Berlin re- morselessly,

area.

message concludes

NIGHT RAIDS ON BERLIN

NAZI "FAITH

LONDON, Sept. 2" (Reuter)— Speaking at Katowice, in German- occupied Poland, yesterday, the anniversary of the invasion, Dr. Goebbels declared: "The victorles and change in the political situa. tion which have broken the in- tended encirclement of Germany

DUTCH OIL TANKS and tolated British as the last

ALSO BOMBED LONDON, Sept. 2

(Reuter)

enemy, together with the uncan- querable strength of our people,

south-east beginning of the school year is ritisa bombers" last night raided must create a firm faith in a final

postponed for a month. LONDON, Bept. 7

(Reuver

American

news

Berlin, Cologne and other Ger- man towns,

German victory.

g of these were shot down According to In 20 minutes by various batteries sources in Bucharest, members of lighting installations, aero engine of the anniversary of the libera.

of London' outer defences,

GERMAN CLAIMS

LONDON, Sept. 2 (Reuter)

the inhabitants

The occasion, according to the official German news agency, was a demonstration in celebration

tion of Eastern Ailesia,"

FANTASTIC DARING

The targets at Berlin included the German ininority are among factories and an aerodrome.

of Transylvania". who are demonstrating violently Air Ministry stated that yesterday A communique issued by the

against the handing over

The San Francisco Chronicle A German High Command com territory to Hungary,

of the evening aircraft of the Coastal

says. "Under the Impact of Hit-.. munique claims that the total

Command carried out a success- ler's ferocious assaults on Eritain. The German news agency, how ful attack on oil tanks at Vlard- the people have found the spirit British losses on Saturday were ever, says that It 18

denied 133 planes and that 32 German Bucharest that any

ingen. near Rotterdani

to take punishment and make such riots have taken place.

sacrifices

planes were missing.

The true Agures of Saturday's

air losses are 85 German planes, p

shot down" and 37 British planes

are safe.

Last night our bombers continu- ed their attacks on selected mili-. tary objectives in Germany and Holland.

They exult in this discovery. ""Boys who a few years ago st Oxford were declaring that they

DIVE - BOMBING ATTACK.

When a big formation of bomb. ers, which attempted to break through the defences at a Thames dettoyed while 25 British pilots pilots and bomber crews, against! Among these were lighting in- would not fight for King of town. were turned back, four

12 British pliota lost. The disstallations, gero engine factories Country, have fought with a fan- or them used a new technique.

crepancy is of enormous "Impor and an aerodrome in Berlin, olltastic daring that has given them. They dived below the anti-air- In terms of highly trained air-tance in view of Germany's grow plants at Cologne and Magdeburg, a lustre equal to any of England's craft barrage and mace a dive- men, this means that the loss to Ing difficulty in replacing skilled goods yards at Hamm, Soest, great traditional heroes." bombing attack.

Germany is about 212 1ghter personnel

"

Some bombs fell on waste ground but most" on the heart of the town! Several houses were damaged and many families are .homeless,

In one raid about 20 bombers. with fighter escorts, heading to-¦ wards London were led by a huge four-engined machine which stood out like a giant from the others. They were also turned back,' ́

RAID FOILED

SUICIDAL

BALLOONS

ATTACK

Osnabruck and Hanover, shipping

* Enden, various industrial tar- gets and several aerodromes...

·Aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm

ON operating with the Coastal Com

IRISHMEN MAN A. A. DEFENCES

DO NOT WANT TO GO ON LEAVE!

SKY FILLED WITH FLAMING ONIONS LONDON, Sept. 1 (Reuter)—Ade LONDON, Sept. 2 (Reuter) pilots of Germany's “yellow nose" Further detalls of yesterday's air squadron of Messerschmitt fight-' raids show that German bombers were routed in a great Battle LONDON, ers and fighters continued their over a south-east coast town after 'strižen dally attempts to destroy aero-they had shot down some of the antla dromes in Kent, Surrey and Essex. balloon barrage.

mand 'attacked'oll storage tanks al Rotterdam last night.”

Two of our aircraft have not

returned.

ORANG PENGA NAYAG

AIR ACTIVITY

IN AFRICA

TOBRUK AERODROME

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"BOMBED

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CAIRO, Sept. 2. (Reuter)-RAT EXCELLENT WORK headquarters in Calro announced yesterday "that: our "bombers at- OF OBSERVERS

tacked the principal enemy aero- LONDON, Sept. 2 (Reuter- dromes and landing “frounds in The excellent work that the eastern Libya on Saturday when Sept 2 (Reuter)=-

server Corps has been doing has raids were made on El? Tmimi, are assisting in the

brought them message of con- Derna, El Gazala, Bardia anti-aircraft; defence of an im-

rdia and E gratulations from Bir Archibald " Gubbl portant British port

and are

using Once in the morning and twice A savage attack was launched

Binclair, Secretary for Air

At ElTmim bombs fell on same Funs

they had in He refers to the exacting na enemy aircraft and the camp and in the afternoon, hundred on-the-glare of the early morning-France-anys-Houtor's-special-corture of the work, which becomes at least four enemy aircraft were mure raiders crossed the Kent sunshine Bome of the balloons respondent with the Southern more arduous as the fighting be destroyed by fire. coast, and three times Fighter fell, in flames as 12 of the Yellow Command. Command pilots and anti-alfcraft Nose squadron swooped on then

comes more intense.

During a raid on Tobruk aero- guriners folled the attacks.

Seven out of eight of the guns The Observer Corps, by its devo- drome a big explosion occurred. from different directions; their were brought out from Cherbourg tion to duty wheir raiders come and one aircraft was destroyed The second raid of the day machine-guns spitting incendiary on June 18. The achievement over by night and day, makes an by fire. Probably several others between noon and I pm, was. pallets.

was remarkable not only because indispensable contribution to the were damaged. (a It conffasted with the

unavöld- achievement of our fighter pilots. At El Gazala bombs fell" among able dumping of so much other Their victories are your vic aircraft and on the camp Britian War equipment but for the tortes." Bir Archibald, concludes, enemy aircraft taking off to en- fact that only 50 minutes before That was why he was sending gage our bombers flew into ex- leaving the battery had been in them this message of thanks and ploding bombs and was destroy- position covering the embarkation

the largest, Over 150 raiders

crossed the coast and a bomber Anti-aircraft

guns of every formation flew as far as the calibre

thundered into action. southern putskirts of London. to fling the sky with bursting sheila be broken up by anti-aircraft fire, and "flaming onions."

Gunners saw that shells hit at least three, out of 12 German

bomberg flying 'at 18,000 feet.

The third attack was weaker and was confined to the Kent coast aerodromes.

Bingle seat Messershamitt"-108

The raiders pressed home the attack with suicidul reck/ lessness. Shrapnel and spent incendiary bullets littered the streets of the two like hai. ⠀⠀

of troops.

The brigade to which they now belong defends yet another famous port where British AA gunnery

One of the raiders was shot has proved its mettle in the down by rifle, fire from the RAF blitzkrieg no less than at "Hell's fighters dropped bombs. They crew guarding one of the bal-Corner on the southeast coast, had been put to this use before loons.

เ

congratulations.

ed.

DOG-FIGHTS

One

There were several engagements with enemy fighters but the want to go on leave and those

raids were carried through in defending the “hot spots” hate

every case and bombs dropped the lden of being given a rest

on targets. All our aircraft re- by transfer,

turned safely. The plane was riddlen a stretch where guns and fighter but yesterday they were used as with bullets and spun straight planes have combined to give the are convinced the barrage they Eritrea, was raided by a forma

Gunners defending these porta | On August 30 Agordat, in dive bombers, and

Into the sea with smoke pouring German air force some of its worst put up whenever raiders a from 1.

appear tion of RAP bombers direct hits headaches

does : almost as much to make being registered on stores and RAID

SATURDAY'S

LANDÓN

Finally the raiders made oft to (Reuter) A-Air Ministry – news-service, wards the French coam--

The belgadier says hle men sre so keen that they do not

them swerve from their

as the British fighters

ective other buildings and dres started:

W suffered no losses

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1940.

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