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GENERAL

GERMANS LOSE 99 PLANES IN B.M.W.

"REPRISAL" RAIDS ON LONDON AREAS

TRAGIC SCENES IN EAST END: HOSPITAL AND AIR RAID SHELTER DAMAGED

by

An Air Ministry communique Issued yesterday states that, final reports show that 11 more enemy aircraft него destroyed anti-aircraft guns during Saturday's engagements bringing the total shot down by fighters and anti-aircraft guns to 99, A.A. fire ac- counting for 21 of these in all. One of our fighter plots report- ed missing has returned safely.

An official provisionally estimated that 400 were killed and be- tween 1,300 and 1,400 seriously injured in Saturday's raids on London. "While damage by fire at the docks Is considerable, discharging and loading berths are intact and all services of the Port will be maintained. Though some warehouses have been damaged, losses to foodstuffs are relatively small." an official told Reuter.

came 'she

DUKE OF KENT

IN RAID

LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter} Four minates after the Duke of Kent had inspected an aerodrome during an exten- sive tour of the Kent area yesterday, bombs were drop- ped near the aerodrome.

The Duke went to a sheiter and lunched there, many feet below the chalk cliffs.

the

During the morning, Duke had inspected an plane factory and later a lively air battle over Channel,

aero-'

Jaw the

AERO WORKS. AERO BOMBED BY

BY R.A.F.

Great Havoc Wrought On

Barge Concentrations

"

LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter)-Determined attacks on enemy shipping in occupied channel ports were pressed home by our bomber squadrons on Saturday night despite poor visibility and vigorous defences, says an Air Ministry communique.

At Chials, bombs burst between the basin and the entrance to the harbour. At Boulogne fires were afarted and bombs fell on the Loubet Basin.

Was

on military objectives

Direct hits were made on barges The Bauhofoll reservoir in the harbour of Ostend and more apparently badly damaged, ・ for well into the danger period of attacked. BS

barge concentrations were heavily several particularly violent explo- the second raid until günfre and Works at Essen, war factories at pombs

were the Kruppssions followed the bursting of bomb detonations made

COL Emden and Zweibruenken and an Attacks tinuation "impossible."

oll plant at Gelsenkirchen... "Meanwhile, in the wards a few yards away from the bomb the bombing attacks

Fires and explosions followed crater, doctors were tending

rail not depots at Mannheim, Ehrang and streets.

only

Kamun

In the Black Forest, further at wardstored in the woods and great i

tacks were made on war materiala

were started

their

DROME AFIRE

in the Black Forest were renewed. As the flames roared througn the pine forests, there" came a series of explosions.

Railway sidings at Kreffeld, Hamm, Soest, Mannheim and Ehrang were bombed with success. Counter-attacks were made on enemy gun emplacements and aerodromes near the French Chan- nel coast.

One of the most spectacular In A woman having a bath escaped only to those wounded in the cidents during Saturday's heavy with a few scratches. Immediate-Hospital' itself but in the - German raids was when a bonis ly the 'crash'

rashed outside. struck a ventilator shaft of a downstairs and asked.

"The bombs wrecked two "How is London shelter, Elling 14 people my mald?" The maid received and many nurses lost all and injuring some 40 others. facial injuries from splinters

of possessions. Doctors edged their The ventilator shaft measured glass and was taken to hospital. way among the rescuers adminis only three feet by one foot and EAST END UNDAUNTED

tering morphla to badly wound. in emplacements and search- Is the only vulnerable part of the LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter) -

ed cases.

| light "batteries near Calais' wern: CONTRADICTORY REPORTS whole shelter--which-deep under-"The battering London's dockland

"One nurse, buried «for three bombed and in an attack on CȘI LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuter) —- ground house, 1.000 people. Bambs received in Saturday's ralds left hours, was brought out practically mar aerodrome, bombs fell through German.reports about R.AF. raids fell as the families were settling the Inhabitants crowded ΣΤΙ the unscathed and she insisted on the root of a hangar and flames on Berlin are as usual, contra- down for the night. mothers. East End districts undaunted.

the burst through the doors and set dictory. with bables and children. in

fire to the aircraft outside.

At 8 o'clock yesterday morning perambulators, being among those

Other aerodromes attacked were the German Radio, broadcasting killed,

Gilzerijen. Wesel and Kreffeld in to North America, said that Brl- Germany, Brussels in Belgium, tish planes had dropped bombs Querqueville in France and Soes n Berlin's residential district. terburg and Einhoven in Holland.. but that most of the raiders were From these widespread opera-driven oft before reaching the tions all our aircraft returned

city.**

Halt A.* hour later, Moscow Radio-quoting official German sources-"said that fires had been

Reuter's reporter who toured the area writes: "I saw rescue par- ties remove battered bodies from!

taking her place alongside other nurses afterwards."

POLES AID R. A F.. LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter)

Volunteer workers rushed to the a wrecked hospital ward and I Canadian, Czech and Polish squa- scene and dragged the wounded saw a woman, pale and bandaged, drons played a vital part in the to safer places to await the ar- sitting in sn air raid shelter

RAF. battles with the Luftwaffe rival of ambulances. Nine don where her two children had been

Saturday, On

bringing " down tars answered the call and saved killed the night before. Friends 29 of the day's bag of 88. many lives by dressing severe were waiting for the sultable!

Polishers in Hurricanes led wounds by the dim light moment to break the news

the field with a bag of 10 bomb. torches.

her loss to her,

ers and three fighters. Canadians. houses also in Hurricanes, shot down 11 but I planes, four bombers, six Messer- scene schmitt 110's, and one Messer

bad schmitt 109, while the Czech: East shot down five for certain,

NO PANIC

of

"I saw working class reduced to piles of rubble saw nothing in this tragic to show that, Hitler's stroke daunted the spirit of the Enders,

There was no panle and the women were magnificent, One man should have, a medal was the opinion of an air raid warden. He organised those who were not: hurt into rescue parties and gave no one any time to panic. He knew what to do and say, and it they had no water or gas. They opening are at 150 yards. When

was largely due to him that all the dead and wounded-were-clear ed within 20 minutes.

His name is H. Beer and he is an ex-soldier.

He (Beer) explain

ed later that he ran Into shelter to see if his wife safe and then did what éise would have done,

A Squadron Leader of the SUNDAY DINNERS

Canadians was flying by himself "Women" went their Sunday dirmers even though;

on preparing when he dived out of the sun on ~a~formation of Messerschmitts and

from

BERLIN RÄI LONDON, Sept. 9 The R.A.F raid

hours.

news

on

(Reuter) --- Berlin. on two

Friday night continued for started in Berlin and buildings

states the "Afr Ministry destroyed by British raiders.

And finally, the German "news" service, describing the night's opérations,

agency came out with a report Thick clouds covered the target driven off before they managed that all the R.A.F. planes were and some of the aircraft had to bring back their bombe

to reach German territory! This same report contained the follow- ing amazing statement;—

One section of bombers, visited a Westpower station, already dam theged in previous raids

borrowed water neighbours and it fires" to

he landed he reported that luckier

Cook Nazi machine went straight up their food.

into a nose dive with white smoke

"One of them was preparing pouring out of its belly. the meal in her house where the Auxiliary squadrons of RAF the dividing wall between the kitchen Spitfires were also very busy. One was and the parlour lay in chunks auxillary squamo shot down anyone across the ficor. All her furni-six for certain and had six proba- ture was ruined but she was not bles while another had three in going to disappoint the family certainties and three probables. to why had looked forward prac-

The third squadron had four tically all week to the Sunday certainties and two probables.)

This squadron, incidentally, dur. "In a dockland public house in the past week had already

blown destroyed 25 German bombers.

NEW YORK COMMENTS

He told everyone who was a position to help to get down it and Beer himself praises a

policeman whose name he does. not know but whom he called

dinner.

"Lofty." Beer said that he was where every window was splendid and set a good example. out business was brisk and while

CHURCH DAMAGED

Was

of a block of flats leaving the always a feature of London's East; walls overhanging into the street. End, excelled itself after the raid

*premises were Also Those whose houses were not:

nessTM

acro-engine

The B.NL.W works at Spandan, in the north-west of the city. Were

toeated-and-set-on-fire

DISTORTION OF

NEWS

GERMAN METHOD

ILLUSTRATED

"It is indeed remarkable that after the gigantic attack made by many hundreds of Getman bomb- ErS ON London not оде single plane pushed forward. to the -German-capital!”

TROOPS POUR INTO EGYPT

UNEVENTFUL TRIP OF CONVOYS

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LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter-An CAIRO, Hept. 9 (Reuter) workmen were busy shuttering NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (Reuter) excellent illustration of German voys of ships bringing men It is thought that the same every window and sweeping glass Papers give a predominant post-distortion is provided by yeater-war material from England, elemy plane unloaded several at the customers' feet. habituestion to London's "worst raids." day's Trans-Ocean rendering of Rhodesta, India and Australia bombs over, this area. The roof were collecting for the Spitfire the New York Times says: "This Friday night's raids.

The London correspondent of the official British communique of have arrived at Egyptian ports. was slashed off a Church and; Fund.

Large liners transported many another bomb glanced off the top "Neighbourliness..which

i is no nuisance raid. This le busi- Where the London communique thousands of technicians, infantry, mentions road damage causing hospital staffs and RAF pilots the International News Service some places," the German render tanks.

The London correspondent of temporary traffic diversion in with quantities of munitions and damaged were going round to says that the German airmen ing is roads impassable. Prin his convoy was met by other apparently have orders to loose cipal roads leading from London convoys with Australian Air Force their bombs whenever they felt showing big bomb craters.”

squadrons, Indians and tea- The London communique which that they are over the area call-

Ceylon until the planters from mentioned "some damage to gaż 3 "A hospital which received a

ed Metropolitan London, direct hit in the first of the even-

NAZI ADMISSION

and water mains" becomes "dis- harbour was a solid mass of snip Three blocks of luxury flats ing raida had some casualties, in LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter) tricts in the capital are withou: ping.

Many disembarked. and the two containing 300 elderly mien.cluding a 14-year-old child and The Berlin news agency declares gas and water."

NAZI ADDITIONS

traris, loaded with waving soldiers, women and children and the two nurses. Despite the tremen- that the raid on London had to

Gratuitous German additions in left for Cairo, Palestine other about 300, were practically dous risks from the wall which be paid for with great sacrifices! unhurt although in the heart of might have crashed at the sligh- and says that it was difficult to clude the following completely un- elsewhere. the bombed area. The upper floors, test vibration, rescue

parties penetrate the defence belt round true statements, (1) that London Lieut. General Sir Henry Wil..

broadcasts stated of one house was demolished.

that altports son. Commander of the British worked amid piles of

were fully ablaze; (2) that the Forces in Egypt, and the British

Business wrecked.

The West London district Dad make tea and help them in. a good share of the German night score of other ways, bombing, some damage done to property. There were few casualties.

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LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter)In B.B.C. reported that railway: Minister greeted the troops on connexion with Saturday's big stations were bombed and em- their arrival in port and a special raids, Berlin announces that "Im-bankments destroyed, and (3) that message from General Sir Archi- portant targets at 21 places the havoc was so terrible that no bald Wavell, C-in-C British Forces apart

in the Middle East. was posted on London were at communique was issued. tacked. In fact, apart from the The usual communique, in fact, each shipman raids on

London, the only big was issued at 7.57 am. reporting damage done outside

the city as quoted above and adding that which is officially reported is that damages and casualties, in general me to on instalations or the were slight and that there was

small activity after midnight. Lower Thames,

News reports' covering the rest

of the country say that a trala Nazi Correspondents

Was machine-gunned by two planes; the Midlands area bad nuisance raids," in the course of

In Peiping

During the voyage no submarine and no enemy aircraft was seen,

Finnish President

LONDON, Sept.

Reported Dead

(Reuter) →

According to the Swiss radio, President Kallio of Finland s

which five bombs were dropped: PEIPING, Sept. 9 (Reuter) dead und there were several raids on a About ten Far Eastern German However a Helsingfors report Welsh coast town, but no bomba correspondents are now convened says that President Kallio has were dropped in Pefpins. The reason, 18, an-

is a

American press correspondents consulting with the Nazi chier in have sent long reports to their the Far East, |papers of the' raids on London.

One correspondent says that "cer- BRITISH PROTEST tainly more than 90 per cent of the damage done was to non- military objects."

An American news commentator broadcasting while the raids we still going on said that.

TO JAPAN

PEIPING, Sept. The British Fan) sum in Polpin

have lod panese

up, it is a big fre and there are with people dead." But only

tions of the city had been at

tacked and the p

nothing less than wonderful

handed fers to them

tles

reached

serious but not

A communique issued at noon says that the President passed a difficult night:

ITALIAN PLANES RAID SUDAN

CAIRO Sept (Reuter) -▲ test communique rays that on Sunday ainst evening), enemy i alrcraft - raided Port Sudan, causing little damage at and only one casualty,

There is nothing to report from other fronta

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