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46 RAIDERS BROUGHT DOWN IN "ROUND THE CLOCK" WANTON ATTACK ATTACKS ON METROPOLIS

200 Fighters Guard Large Formations Of Bombers

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LONDON, Sept. 19 (Renter)-It was learned from an thoritative source that up to 9 pm. (G.M.T.), on Wednesday 46 enemy aircraft were destroyed when German raiders flocked over south-east England trying all the known air lanes to the capital and others as well, says Router's air correspondent

Flying at a great he'ght, the frozen trails of their exhaust gases weaved a pattern in the blue sky but despite the fre- quency of London's air raid alarms no serious attack developed on the capital or on any other objectives Some bombs were

dropped in others so seriously damaged that the Thames Estuary and Kent but many people were rendered tem- only trivial damage Was done.porarily homeless.

The formations varied in size but The eighth air raid warning of rarely exceeded fifty.

the day sounded in London at

There were more fighters than 6.57 last evening. bombers in the groups, conforming

the

to the enemy's desire to "wear down" the resistance of

·RAF

Like on Tuesday, no major hat. tle was fought but the enemy suf- rored more severely.

Following the record 10-hour raid, the seven daylight raids on London seemed to suggest that the enemy was building up to a maximum "all round the clock" effort against the absence of metropolis. The any attempt against London suggest that more experiment-" ing is being done by the enemy to find an answer to the cost." liness of mass raiding,

FORMATION OF 300 LUNDON, Sept. 19 (Reuter) -Further accounts from Neu- ter's correspondents regarding yesterday's air battles indicate that a great force of raiders, numbering about 300, cressed the southeast "coast early in the afternoon.

·ON CIVILIANS

LONDON, Sept. 19 (Reuter) The German official nowɛ agency, which earlier yester- day claimed that bombs were dropped on Tuesday night on "targets of military Import- ance," does not now hide Germany's dellucrate bombing of civilians.

GENERAL

INDUCING ITALIAN ARMY TO PUT OUT ITS HEAD

-

LONDON, Sept. 19 (Reuter)—-Although the innan advance into Egyptian territory hitherto amounts to only about 60 miles," the attackers are permitted to go on for the simple reason "that. they cannot halt, writes Reuter's military correspondent.” At Sollum there is only a small harbour through which supplies cannot be obtained even if the Italian Navy was able to ensure them. Sidi Bartan, sow an ad.

MOOD OF GRIM DETERMINATION

try to ranced post of the enemy, was AMONG TROOPS

This agency now clans that the "Luftwaffe has destroyed the entire residential districte of Eastern London."

NON-VIOLENCE CREED

OF CONGRESS

Wat

LONDON, Sept. 10 (Reuter) Non-violence is Congress's creed land" means hostility to all

Mr. Gandhi told American news- Therefore, papermen yesterday.

"Congress it is vitally necessary should not be involved in any W37.

previously lightly held by British mechanised forces amounting to about one company.

General Wavell never had any

Looking Forward To

intention of resisting an Italian Day Of Reckoning

advance in that neighbourhood, The British policy was one of

elastic defence and aimed at in-

LONDON, Sept. 19 (Reuter) -The Germans' indiscriminate

ducing the Italian army in Libya bombing of London has made the mood of troops in Northern Eng- to put out its head-like a torland who are preparing to meet a toise -out of its shell--and the

hit the head...

Hitherto all reports confirm that the Italians have been given nothing to attack but the situa tion has now become more active as from Sidi Barroni onwards the metulled road will be available:

possible German Invasion one of grim, determination, says Reuter's; the special correspondent with Northern Command.

The correspondent talked to men of an Essex Regiment and gave the gist of what they sald Ad. "The Germans would rather i attack our wives. mothers and children than meet us face to

SIDI BARRANI BOMBED CAIRO, Sept. 19 (Reuter) -- Little serious action, has develop-face.

ed in the cautious Italian advance "Many of our people live on the eastern fringes of London and they are having to suf-" fer. We hope the day will soon come when we can settle ac- counts for every one of those attacks."

"This, however does not limit into Egypt...

G.H.Q. Issued a communique i the desire not to embarrass Bri- Several formations of German tain, so he promised that it would Calro last night stating: During during the night, twin-engined bombers were guard-be definitely restricted to freedom Tuesday and

non-the enemy have been engaged in led by

positions consolidating thetr raiders

endless

an hour. feet.

over 200 fighters. crossed the coast stream for a

flying at over

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In a short time miles were covered with white trom exhaust fumes."

The of speech, with absolute in an violence,

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Won

In

The

that

correspondent adds quarter "of A trae understanding of this and around Sidi Barrani, where

20.000 will ultimately help Britain and they have been heavily and sue other troops of the Command,

cessfully bombed,

comprising Sccttish machine-gun- the world, he said.

There is nothing to report on ners. Welsh artillerymen and Royal of sky Asked about India's future Ir streaks the Nazis

Marine gunner, spoke in the same the

Mr. other fronts. wär.

pent-up manner of the bombing would not Gandhi said that he Later these streaks became in-be dismayed by the prospect so

NAIROBI, Sept. 19 (Reuter)-The of London, but he quotes a high! More than once yesterday enemy extricably weaved as the Germans long as the country was true to man who planted the first coffee in' officer as pointing out that any East Africa died yesterday. He was real chance the Germans had of "non-violence." formations got so far and then were engaged by British fighters.

SHATTERING. EXPLOSION "This does not mean that 1 nbn Patterson, a pioneer and mis- invading England went within a

| Dunkirk. fierce anti-aircraft shall be at all pleased with the stonary. He brought coffee seed fortnight of the evacuation of whole south-east area was com-barrage early yesterday morning prospect," he went on. What did from Aden 45 years ago. pletely clear of enemy aircraft. a shattering explosion occurred intrighten hira was the terrific cost

'NAZI CONFUSION

went no further, but dispersed

and went home

At timea The

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of securing reace by superior CHINESE SOLDIERS SHOT

It is reported that a German brute force. bomber crashed into it.

Guering's present confusión as a London square. to the best way of raiding Britain by day is clear from a study of his tactics since Sunday, but he may be expected to tackle the problem with cushomary German thoroughnes

EARLIER REPORT

An Alr Min'stry and Ministry: of Home Security communique on the raids states enemy air act- vity on Wednesday was mainly confined to the south-eastern

area

Meanwhile, he will endeavour to do by night what he has hitherto failed to doby day, namely, engage in the destruc-

Formations of enemy aircraft tion of London and other large

crossed the coast of Kent оп cities with greater intensity as the chances of invasion fade he several occasions during the day fore the brilliant work of the and spread inland towards London

and the Thames Estuary.

R.AY.

time.

་

and the slow march

100TH ALARM LONDON, Sept. 19 (Reater) When the alarm was sound- ed in the London area at 3.15 yesterday afternoon, it was the 100th time since war began. By a coincidence London has.

and experienced the longest shortest raids of the war dur- ing the past 24 hours...

of

The all-night raid which lasted

GROCER SENTENCED

TO DEATH

LONDON Sept. 19 (Reuter)-.. Heavy punishments are being in- Alcted 02 Belgians accused of! breaking the Nazi food -régula- tions."

An Antwerp grocer was brought before a court-martial and sen-.

the detriment of the community/ tenced to death for "plundering to

He was shot immediately.

Many others are being uned heavily and their stocks are seized, The Nazis are said to be arresting people and copfiscating their fond- stocks right and left,

IN INTERNMENT CAMP

Generalissimo Concerned: Stern Protest Lodged

CHUNGKING, Sept. 19 (Central) Generalissimo Chlang Rai-shek is showing grave concern over the reported shooting of Chinese soldiers in the internment camp in Route Tenant de la Tour in the French Concession, Shanghai, by Annamese guards on September 17.

He has ordered a thorough investigation of the case and has instructed the Ministry, of to lodge a Foreign Affairs stern protest with the French authorities.

Few of them reached London and no bombs are reported to have been dropped in this area.

A number of bombs

were

the dropped, mainly" nearly Thames Estuary, but damage appears to have been caused mainly to dwelling houses and the number of casualties re- ported is small, though they include some fatally injured. There appears to be an improve-treatment of the interned soldiers The enemy have been con-ment in the situation as

IMPROVEMENT IN SITUATION

ATHENS, Sept. 19 (Reuter)

six minutes under 10 hours was tinuously attacked by our fighters. Italy is concerned, it was

It is learned that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs took up the Incident with the French authorl- ties yesterday, demanding better

far as ant a guarantee against, the re- *tatea currence of similar incidents, be-

the longest,

and the 10-minute and AA guns throughout the in Athens yesterday, as the Ita- sides reserving all other rights.

lian Legation in the ureer capitai According to Shanghai die raid in the morning was the day...

incident arose when announced that children of Italian patch, the

demanded better families who have been on holl-the internees returning day in Italy are

to treatment. Annamese soldiers on them. Thev Greece on Beptember 25.

guard fired upon

shortest. The seventh warning Preliminary reports show that of the day sanded in the London 42 enemy aircraft have been des ares at 413 pm.

troyed in these engagements, one of them by A.A fire

Numerous high explosive bombs

were dropped in a Thames Es-

Nine of our fighters were lost- Italian schools in Salon'ca and ceased firing only when French "tuary towy during yesterday but the pilots of five of them are elsewhere are reopening at the end garrison troops arrived and inter-

morning's raids, causing consider.cafe.

able damage and rendering many

'families homeless,

This follows the previous night's attacks on the Thames Estuary when at least 50 bombs were dropped over one town and con- siderable damage done to pro- perty, the sky

Also during the night, and for. the second time within 24 hours, a number of houses in a working class district of an East London

were suburb

demolished and

CHANG

of the month.

Dastardly Air Attack

On Mission Station

LONDON, Sept. 19 (Reuter)"Dastardly and deliberate" was the description applied by Mr. R A. Butler. Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. In the House of Commons yesterday when asked for information on the attack by two Italian alrernft on * Mission station at Dore, in the Sudan, on August 23.

AXIS POLICY

CRISIS?

Mr Butler declared that at least 50 bombs were dropped and "machine-gune were also used:

Of the Mission staff of five, two

were killed and two were wound- LONDON, Sept: 19 (Reutered. They were all Americans. Joachim von Ribbentrop, the Nazi

vened,

EIGHT KILLED.

The French authorities nave no disclosed the number of casual. tles sustained by the interned soldiers, but it is learned that about eight or nine were killed and over twenty others wounded.,

The

Chinese soldiers withdrew into the French Concession from Nantao after the Chinese evacua- tion of the Shanghai-Woosuna area in September 1937, and have been interned in the camn Route Tenant de la Tour for tha past three years.

in

INVASION PLANS

In addition, a native girl and GOES HAY-WIRE!

HALF DEVILI HALF MAN! Foreign Minister. left for Rome two boys were wounded

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The Mission station.said Mr. LONDON. Sept 19 (Reuter)

It is only a matter of specula- Butler, was isolated and far from According to the Berlin corres tion as to what he wants Italy to any military objective. Its loca-pondent of the Swedish paper Al- do, but this visit, coupled with tion was well-known to the Ila Ichanda, German plans for an in- that of the Italian Minister of Hans whose attack was clearly vasion of Britain have been tem- Colonies to Berlin, suggests that deliberate, as shown by the fact porarily postponed owing to the the Axis policy may have reached that the Italian commander at efficiency of anti-aircraft défen- another of Its periodic crises. Kurmuk had sent a message earces and the RAF. **

Germany will go on bombing

The Italians are fulfilling their ler in August to the missionaries part by advancing their army at Doro to report to him with towns and serodromes but he has Rcross the desert into Egypt. It may be that the talks will be con- dected with this:

passports

been assured by Berlin that Ger. many has plenty of food for the

A reply to this message was winter and does not fear a long ander consideration by the mis-

War sionaries when they were shot

LONDON, Sept. 19 (Reuter) down in cold blood.

The second batch of over-age

Asked if the matter was brought A farewell tiffin was held at destroyers for Britain haa-arriyed at a port on the east coast of to the attention of the American the Shanghai Race Club on Sept. Government, Mr Butler baid he 12 in honour of Mr. G. John ad no doubt that the American Winney of Messrs. Thos. Cook & ad observed this Bon, who is leaving shortly to Government had

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Canada.

These destroyers will be turned over to the Royal Navyim- mediately.

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