Evening star., 1940-08-04
Nazi Air Attack
Fo||owsWarninoI
By Churchill
British WorpIones
Strike at Foes
Blitzkrieg Bases
BY the Associated Press.

GERMAN WdTplaneS laSneQ England,
Scotland and Wales with heavy
bomb attacks early today, several
hours after Prime Minister Churchill
warned Britons to be ready for a
mass Nazi attack at any time.
Authorities said, however, that the
raids caused no material damage
and no casualties.
The heaviest anti-aircraft fire vet
heard in Wales greeted enemy
planes over many coastal towns and
we'll inland. Some BOMBS were
dropped. but the defense fire re-
peatedly broke up attempts at G
sustained raid, reports said.
Attach. Lasts As Minutes.
The Germans cruised over north
east, southeast and southwest Scot
land for As minutes, dropping high
explosives in attacks, authorities
said, on open country districts.
A terrific explosion shook water
front property in a northeast Eng
land coast town as enemy planes
few over. Southwest England also
was visited but there was no bomb
ing.
The British reported last night
their air raiders had gone across
the channel to pound at likely
blitzkrieg springhoards while the
ground forces worked at top speed
to seal the island kingdom against
Invasion.
Warns of Propaganda.
Mr.. Churchill. in statement
from No. 10 Downing Street. ad-
vised the nation to beware of Ger
man propaganda and to look with
a double dose" of suspicion on hints
that no invasion may be impending
The Prime Minister" his state
ment said. wishes it to be known
that the possibility of German at
tempts at invasion has by no means
passed away.
The fact that the Germans are
now putting about rumors that they
do not intend an invasion should
n regarded with a double dose of
the suspicion shat attaches to all
their uttSrances.
Our sense of growing strength
and preparedness must not lend to
the slightest relaxation of vigilance
or moral alertness."
More Arrive From DOminions.
At the same time. it was disclosed
that more men have arrived from
the dominions to buttress the man
power defending this island citadel
and the Air Ministry reported new
raids on military objectives in
France. Belgium. Holland and Ger
many throughout Friday.
Hangers, runways and grounded
aircraft were sprayed with bombs
and machine gun fire from low alti-
tudes III daylight attacks on air
bases in France. Belgium and Hol-
land, the ministry said.
Chief targets of night forays were
said to have been German air fields
and oil depots at Emden, Hamburg
Misburg. Salzbergen and Emwerick
Particularly at the great port of
Hamburg, previously described as
virtually ruined by months of re-
peated air attack, and at Salzbergen
the ministry said, damage is con-
sidered to have been extensive"
Canadian Unit Is Fifth.
The new troops were Australians
brought in to reinforce the thou
sands of Anzacs who came in mid
June. Disclosure of their arrival
followed by only day the landing
of the flfth--and largest-contingent
of Canadians.
Strengthening of the first line OF
home defense-the naval guard-as
we'll as the possibility of another
cabinet shake-up to revitalize the
inner councils also were indicated
in Britain's drive for impregnability
Return of the British feet at
Gibraltar to home waters was re-
ported by the French newspaper LIE
Petit Dauphinois of Grenoble.
The Admiralty, however, had nc
comment on LIE Petit Dauphinois
dispatch from Tangier, Spanish
Morocco, that two groups of British
warships. including five submarines
seven destroyers, two aircraft car
riers, three cruisers and three aux
iliary ships, had sailed west into
the Atlantic Friday.
Again. German bombers made re-
peated attacks yesterday. but the
Ministries of Air and Home Secur-
ity said damage was slight.
NaZi planes raided the Midlands
Eastern Scotland, Southeastern Eng
land and the Bristol Channel area
before dawn yesterday and returned
for few daylight stabs later.
A number of bombs fell on South.
east England also late last night, but
most were said to have landed or
waste land, and neither casualties
nor damage was reported.
Volunteers Number 1,25O,O00,
The newly arrived dominion
troops are slated for first-line duty
whenever the Nazi strategy shifts
from the slow war of air raid anc
blockade to the fast war of mass at.
tack and blitzkrieg.
Behind them and Britain's sea.
soned regulars in the home defense
(See LONDON, Page A-5J