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ARE LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THE MUCH-VAUNTED LUFTWAFFE COMMENSURATE WITH DAMAGE INFLICTED

INFLICTED ON BRITAIN?

London Broadcast Presents Independent Observations: Hitler's Legend Shattered

LONDON, SEPT. 3 (REUTER)—REPORTS FROM ALL PARTS OF BRITAIN, SHOWING EXACTLY HOW MUCH THE GERMANS have actually managed to achieve in the *way of damage during their raids were presented In a

special broadcast from London yesterday.

The unnamed compere, a Canadian or an American, mentioned the heavy losses the Luftwaffe has sustained. There are few important places in Britain the raiders have not visited-some places have been raided 100 times-and the one question is:How much damage has Hitler done in return for the 1,000 planes he has lost?

No names or actual clues are given, the compere pointed out. They would like to give the names of every town, street and factory where bombs have caused dam- age or loss of life-but the enemy would also like "precise details.

People in London who study the German statements, side by side with our own secret reports know from this study how much the Germans would like this precise in- formation. That is why no names are given.

ed the docks of Liverpool.

-NAZIS WANT FACTS The Ministry pointed out that the German "claim might be in- tended to help the Nazis in two

value · or ways-propaganda provoke the British into giving de- tails about the damage done,

to

small, He doubted whether

the total death-roll was 13 much as that caused by holl- day traffic in a normal week- end.

TERRIFIC BATTLE IN PROGRESS

LONDON, Sept. 3

..

ISOLATED NAZI RAIDS

Continued from Page 1 hayricks and damaging outlying cottages.

SHELTER HIT

AND TOIL

“EONDON, Sept. $ (Router)—A solemn pledge to which all may subscribe "was proposed by the chairman at the meeting of the National Defence Public Interest Committee in London today." ||

It reads: "On this first anniver- sary of the war, we, who enjoy citizenship of the British Com monwealth of nations, solemnly vow to rededicate ourselves to the utmost of our strength to safe- guard and hold our ancient herit

past.

In a Midlands town, a direct hit was scored on a shelter killing two of the six people inside. Several (Reuter)-houses were also damaged. In an An air raid warning was sounded other Midlands. town, the in the London area, while a terri- brigade were kept busy by incen-age won by brave hearts in the fc battle was in progress" over a diary bombs. South-East England town.

Are

A south-eastern coastal town

EVEN UNTO DEATH A large force of bombers flew received a number of bombs, fol-

"Come weal, come, woe, even over the coast escorted by hordes lowing the dropping of flares by aunto death, we will strive against single ralder, severely damaging the enemies of liberty and see of Messerschmitts,

They were met by R.A.F. fighters some shops, but it is believed that that they gain no foothold on our which scattered them with five caused by incendiary bombs were and knowing well what measure there were no casualties. Fires

land enrolled in freedom's cause soon extinguished, by sand and of slavery will follow the wake of

minutes. At least two raiders are believed to have been shot down.

The all-clear was 'sounded in the London area at 10.30 am.

1,000 NAZI

PLANES DOWNED

IN POLAND

During the worse raid, when Details Revealed bombers came over in waves and they were tn their shelter, an alr raid warden knocked on the door.

POLICE CHART

Gen. Sikorski

By

stirrup pumps,

A communique on last night's raids states: "Ehemy activity was widespread over many parts of the country, but reports indicate the general damage as slight

"Towns in the Midlands appear to have been the main objectives of the enemy attack, but little

damage was done by the few bombs which fell in town areas or by a far larger aum er dropped jin outlying districts,

SOUTH COAST TOWNS

"Enemy aircraft also dropped bombs on several places in the LONDON, Sept. 3 (Reuter) outskirts of London, on three

toll until the people's are set free.

our focs, we resolve to work and

do we assume at this fatebn "No light vow and no easy task anniversary, but we are prepared for the right, truth, peace, and to endure all hardship for victory

dignity of mankind."

WAR IN DIPLOMATIC

FIELD

Britain's Sound Position

LONDON, Sept. 3 (Reuter)-al-

British air victories have afford- ed our diplómaty a bright back- ground for its work.

Anglo-American affairs will be smoother than at present and we

The other day, for instance, the and called out:"All right there? Detalls of heavy German losses in south coast towns and on widely Take cover from anti-aircraft Poland, including 1,000 planes, separated districts in South-East. Luftwaffe reported it had destroy-

shrapnel. Cheeriol"

were disclosed by General Sikor-England and in the east and- The Germans have not got any-ki. Polish Prime Minister and north-east coasts. Asked for a statement about what damage had been done, the where near any military objec- Commander-in-Chief in a special "In a town in the north-west though Britain has had her diplo- Ministry of Home Security said:tives in this area.

statement yesterday on the anni-arca, damage was done to a num-matic setbacks since lasy Septem- "The claim is not based or know- The compere added footnote

versary of the German invasion of, ber of shops and houses. In Lon-ber, the graph of diplomatic activity ledge."

that this observer did not live in Poland.

don very little damage has been is now on the upward curve, says the country. His "beat" of 80:

General Sikorski said the Ger- reported. In a south coast town. Renter's diplomatic correspondent, miles includes plenty of first class mans lost in round figures 100,000 damage was done to shops and bembing targets shipyards, docks, killed. 200,000 wounded and near- houses.

"Reports so far received from factories and so on.

ly 1,000 tanks and 1,000 planes.

Not until the Germans came to all the other parts of the country The fourth Survey is by a BBC grips with the English had they indicate that no harm was done. man who is in a coastal area of

to put up such a stiff fight which The number of casualties resulting England and has had much help lasted for over five weeks. The from these attacks on all the

areas, is remarkably small." from the police and other autho-

Poles were beaten simply by ritles in making out his report: superior numbers, one Pole hav-

A police inspector, be said,

ing in fact four Germans

Polish tank 20 German showed him a huge chart which has been kept up to date since tanks last December, and which shows

General Sikorski added that where the raids have been, where Poland. would be reborn

as the bombs were dropped, and so on. result of the joint Allled effort The chart looked shocking.

coupled with the gigantic re- sources and spirit of resistance of the British Empire.

If the truth was told, the Ger- mans might adjust their strategy another accordingly and bomb port. If they did not sell the truth, they would be merely in- viting the Germans to come and try again.

So, no names are given in these accounts, which are all by men who know their respective arcas intimately, and in each case thei mén asked to make the" reports | were the men best qualified to know.

the on

a man

The first, a report Midlands, comes from employed with the Ministry of Information whose job it is to check reports and stories:—

NO DETOUR..

They set off to see for them- selves. Heavy ralds had been made on shipyards and docks --but the Germans will have to try again. The nearest bomb fell one and a half miles away! One attack was not important | in itself, but was noteworthy for the comparatively great amount of damage done in an 8-mile stretch, Not one shipyard or fac- tory was touched, the chief dam- age being to houses, which again were slum property.'

Sixty per cent of the damaged

one

Nazis Lose 220 Planes Weekly

and

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chill's phrase, to be somewhat mixed up together" to our mutual LONDON, Sept. 3 (Reuter)-The

bencft. | Air Ministry announces that 23

No informed persons expect any enemy aircraft are known to have Utopian developments with Russia, been destroyed today. Fifteen of but there is every confidence that our ghters are missing, but eight the long term interests of both plots are known to be safe.

countries will be found to be com- plementary.

LTD.

German Terror Weapon Humbled By Air Force

FIRST YEAR OF AIR WAR REVIEWED

LONDON, Sept. 3 (Reuter)The first year of war has made it dramatically clear that the greatest potential weapon of terror against European civilisation the world has ever known has been tried out for the first time against a powerful adversary and humbled, writes Renter's air correspondent yes- terday.

HAIL OF FIRE FOR INVADERS

Southern Command Preparedness

The communique

that says enemy aircraft in considerable

FIRM AS ROCK numbers crossed the south-east coast this morning.

The pact with Turkey has withstood every wile of Axis Preliminary reports hitherto available indicate that

propaganda while the ancient a few | bombs were dropped in Kent and

alliance with Portugal stands Essex. Little damage appears to

firm as a rock,

and have been caused and

Chile a few "Argentina, Brazil, casualties were reported, several Uruguay remain true to their

The correspondent adds that of which were fatal

friendship with Britain despite the sooner rather than later in the A friend telephoned him the

Final reports of yesterday's ac- expenditure of millions of marks

second year of hostilities, now a other day. he begani, and asked

tions show that 20 of our aircraft and fire in propaganda.

few hours off, it was recognised him if he was all right. His reply

were lost, ten pilots being safe. The Moslem States and com- that Germany would strain every was that he travelled through the

munities in the Near and Middle nerve to make Britain. feel the LONDON, Sept. 3 (Reuter) Midlands area five miles or more

BOMBS JETTISONED

East have rejected the proffered full power of the Luftwaffe. LONDON, Sept. 3 dally, and had visited, the parts houses were already being de--Losses in the German Air

(Reuter)- "protection" of Mussolini

Confidence, however, does not that had suffered the most dam-molished when the attack was Force personnel are conser-As the Germans headed for home An example of what happens to waver at the prospect of heavier

at age on that particular occasion his made!

valively estimated 550 (after this morning's raid, they 'nations that throw away the nafe-

night raids over the darkened friend was asking about. The An elementary school not far weekly since May 10. Planes could be heard Jettisoning their guard afforded by the British face of Britain, and repeated ham. streets are not shut off and he was wrecked badly, but the definitely destroyed in the bombs miles away from any mili- guarantee is afforded by Rumania, mering at anti-aircraft guns and A hidden all of are awaits in-

who a few weeks after relinquish balloons sheltering its capital by same period are reckoned at tary objectives.

The Germans were thoroughly ing our protection and aligning day and night. 220 weekly.

scattered after an hour's fighting herself with the Axis, has been The next town they visited has "However, comments Reuter's Air and they were pursued across the ruthlessly robbed by her newfound important shipyards and has had correspondent, the success of Ger-coast by British fighters.

friends of the very territories The biggest man air raids are not to be entire LONDON, Sept. 3 (Reuter)-An which Britain and France did so its share of raids. raid was when 70 high-explosively determined by these losses, for air raid warning was sounded in much to secure for her after the bombs were dropped,

Germany has sufficient reserves, the London area at 1.49 GMT. Checking, up on the damage, both in men and planes, but if he found that two bombs fell on the present effort proves incOR- well find A shed was hit, a clusive, Goering may one shipyard.

never had to make a detour.

The damage he had seen con- sisted of:-A block of three houses shattered by a bomb, with 20 or 30 houses bearing scars in the shape of splinters; 100 yards away, a shop gutted by an incendiary bomb.

That was all.

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WELSH RAIDS

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children had left for home two hours earlier.

DAMAGE CHECKED

which is chiefly used for storage purposes, was working normally the next day,

The main part of the yard was untouched."

attacks seriously impaired.

Although the R.A.F. casualty figures cannot be divulged,

last war.

MUNICH ATTACKED BY

FORCE

they are known to be only. AIR

The next report is by a reporter on the Western Mail, which 19 wagon overturned. The shed, weight and length of future aerial Issued in Cardiff but covers the whole of Wales:-

Unofficial estimates said the reporter, are "that Wales has had over 100 raids snice France col lapsed, Night and day the Nazi hambers cross or try to. cross our coastal defences from their bases in France, and night and day they draw opposition of the kind they obviously don't like.

1,100 BOMBS

·⠀⠀ Ending the reports, the com- pere said that he hoped enough has been given to convince listeners that when British communiques say that small damage caused to industrial property and that casualties were smalt that they are "telling the truth and nothing but the **truth!?!

It is unofficially estimated that up to the end of July 1,100 bombs had been dropped on Wales on targets ranging from docks and factories, to Barm-houses and hay-ricks Naturally some bombs were bound to find their targets, but cluded:

After regretting once again the need for secrecy in the matter of

place names, the compere con-

fraction of the Nazi rate and they are facing no shortages. The Air Council's decision to ac- cept men up to 31 for myins against the former age limit of 28,-is influenced by the increasing flow of war planas“

As British fighters patrol proud- ly over the London aren this encouraging factors. evening, it is right to recall several

LONDON, Sept. 3 (Renter).

vaders of England, writes Reuters special correspondent who visit Led the Southern Command: yes-

terday.

Looked at from seawards, the foreshore looks still what it WELS,

sunny lido with hills on both sides and woodland beyond." Roll- ea barbed wire is the only mag the invader would see, but rifle and machine - gun marksmen would be at the concealed - posta the moment the alarm came."

There are also a series of most ingeniously concealed and ca Diouflaged pill-boxes to be found anywhere in Britain

the

DREAM SHATTERED Almost from the start of the war, the B.A.F. shattered Goering's dream of the In violability of Germany's serial frontiers on its leaflet raids as far as Prague and Vienna. many Italy, Holland and France

The Norway chapter contained were carried out by RAP bom-la stirring record of what a 1ew bers, states an Alt Ministry com determined young men can do !munique.

FIRE AND FLAME SUCCESSFUL RAIDS After chronicling the bombing heavy odds

under hazardous conditions against

Narrow road leading ON FIAT WORKS

country through which vader might spend. the main cities would LONDON, Sept. 3 (Heuter)

fire and flame. The furth The RAF attacked from the

the enemy lands the mo The Air Ministry newa service reveals that Empire and Empire day night and one of the new Ludwigshaven and Nordenhant, North Sea to Lombardy on San

cherous the roads become, trained pilots and crews have been

narrower and steeper everg Tew trickling in since June but will objectives of this 700-mile front munition factories at Leipzig and It seemed certain that if Britain

miles. soon be streaming in. Many young was the Bosch ignition plugs fac Bitterfeld, shipping at Emden, could reach parity in numbers in

Expert horsemen enrolled in the men registered for the RAF here tory at Stuttgart, which was hea- the power station at Kassel, goods, time and such parity is now in Home Guard patrol the are still waiting to be called up vily defended by anti-aktrafı yards at Soest and Mannheim and sight the war in the air was as after dark astride ponies on

batteries and searchlights.

many enemy Beroaromes were good, as won Several explosions were heard among targets attacked.

and fires were started. .....

;

"either Wales has been lucky or In this country, the legend of MEDITERRANEAN High explosive bombs fell all

Papa Coering needs to give his pilots, some bombing practice!".

Two nights ago, German bomb- ets were over docks and ac-

tories in South-West Wales, They

Hitler's invincible air force has been smashed once and for all!"

LIVES SAVED BY

BATTLE

Munich, which was bombed for

of enemy aérodromes at Ypenburg

-

Then In France and the Low and Schlpol on Sunday, the com-Countries, the Krugerea unique sass on Sunday night holes in the armour of invincibi craft factories at Munich and lity which appeared to shield the Stuttgart, of plants at Hanover, Germany army.jn dat

FARITY NEAR

E-BOAT BASE RAIDED."

the

look out for parachutists. All that has hapepned since the Counter bombardment and close blitzkrieg and the counter-defence both from frontal attack bitzkrieg, on Germany and occg- by see and from inland is well

along the railway sldings at The Flat aircraft works at plea territories has underlined this provided for. There is every hope the first time and many fires Turin and the Marelli magnets assertion of RF superiority in a drive acres England from the tonge west and southwest, should a ROME Sept. 3 (Reuter)-An Its broke out, says the Air Ministry works at Easto San Giovannt were men and aircraft

successtudy bombed,

Experts today discount excessive landing be made, will soon. lian commimique reports a battle news service.

optimism but they are far from localised. Aircraft of the Coastal Com- met with violent anti-aircraft op LIFEBOATS between British warships and Ita-At Turin the first aircraft

pessimistic. They point to the enemy su position, and their high-explosive LONDON, Sept. 3 (Reuter) Allan aircraft in the Mediterranean bombed the Flat works so eftec mand attacked an

prund record of the RAF during

ROME. sept. 3 (Reuter)An Ita bombs caused no damage of mill-hundred lives were saved by Bri- and says that the warships were Hitely that an explision occurred. marine and E-boat base at Lorient the first 12 months of the war. Han communiqué, states

tish Meboats during the month of repeatedly bombed

The reverberation shook the air | (France).

to the rapid growth of Britain's RAF, bombed Genoa August when there were 101 It is also claimed that an all-craft a height of several thou- From all these operations all air feet and to the almost un, night and clam Iaunches which was more than the craft, a battleship a cruiser and cand feet.

our aircraft returned mately ex limited supply of enger and well tish planes were total for five Augusts in the last la destroyer suffered serious dam-

cept one which crashed on land trained men to fly it both here and anti-aircr War

Fage

in the Dominions

accounted for two others.

"tary significance,

The wrecking of hours has rt 7 been serious enough, but the total amount of damage y negligible and the los of-life

EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS

over Gering

the

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