Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-10

day and many more were be-
lieved severely damaged.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 10-Ten German
planes we're reported shot down
this afternoon in great air battle
over England's southern coast and
the English Channel involving near
ly $50 planes.
An air raid warden at a South
eastern English port said two forma-
tons of German raiders, each near
ly so strong, attacked a convoy of
small ships and he believed one ship
was sunk.
Il saw three bombers go down in
less than two minutes as the British
fighter pilots Unanswered to encircle
the Nazis," he declared.
The warden was authority for the
estimate of the forces involved and
German planes destroyed.
The warden said that in a colossal
dive-bombing assault, the Germans
enveloped the ships in a cloud of
smoke.
Retreat Toward Boulogne.
Anti-aircraft guns presumably on
the ships or the nearby COAST helped
the fighting planes break up the
raid and smoke poured from several
of the raiders as they retreated to-
ward Boulogne, on the French coast.
British accounts Of another phase
of the battle, over land, said more
than 80 German bomberS, accom-
panied by German MesserSchmitt
fighting planes, kept in close forma-
ton until swift British Spitflres split
them up. Then they released their
bombs, shaking buildings for miles
inland, and turned back toward
France, according to British &C
counts.
The government announced that
ca few persons" had been killed on
the south coast of Britain when
German bombers struck there.
Many Casualties in Wales.
Anti-aircraft batteries went into
action elsewhere along the coast
as raiders made attacks which have
become almost a daily routine.
Many casualties were reported to
have been caused in Wales by Ger
man bombs.
Frequent daylight raids this
week on conveys in the English
Channel obviously are aimed at clos
ing the Dover Strait to British
shipping. Observers said the strait
is still open"
Practically every convoy, no mat
ter how well guarded by warships,
has been attacked heavily by we'll
organized raiders in strong forma-
tons.
Celebrate Victory.
when our planes returned" one
witness said, they did sort of war
dance in the sky. cutting figure
Fights in apparent high glee at
having put eight of the enemy to
fight and accounted for at least two
of them"
One man was killed and many
houses were damaged when German
planes dropped five bombs on a
town in Southwest England after
daylight this morning.
A German Dornier 17-bomber was
shot down by British fighter planes
off the east coast of England early
this morning, the Air Ministry an
nounced.
A total of nine German planes
were shot down yesterday, the Air
Ministry said, adding one to its
previous total.
Eight bombs also were dropped
in Southeast England. but damage
was described as slight and there
were no casualties.
WiIhelmshaven Attacked.
British bombing planes attacked
four light cruisers or deStroyers
anchored near the German Naval
base of Wilhelmshaven and accord
ing to the Air Ministry, set two
ablaze with incendiary bombs.
British bombers also attacked the
German base at Kiel, starting fires
on docks and slipways, the All
Ministry said, and attacked as far
north as Stavanger, Norway, where
seven planes were lost over the
sirdrome
Sixty German planes, including
ten fighters, have been shot down
during attacks on Britain since
June 10, 1t was claimed officially.
Germany was said to have lost
about 1870 planes in raids on Britain
since the start of the war.