The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-18

Fire bombs and flares were drop ped in Liverpool and other Mersey- side towns during the early morn- ing, but no damage was reported done. Heavy anti-aircraft fire drove of the attackers, according to early reports.
 Several low-f1ying single raiders dashed across London a few hours before dawn. breaking long lull with the explosions of bombs, while anti-aircraft guns threw up con- tinuous barrage.
 Five Reported Killed
 Five persons were reported killed in one London district when a high explosive bomb landed on an An derson shelter" A child welfare clinic in another district was dam. aged, while earlier in the night a bomb fell between two ward blocks of a large hospital, blowing out win dows and damaging a corridor, but causing no casualties. Other wards of the institution were not even evacuated.
 The headquarters of two we'll known football clubs in the London area also were reported damaged by bombs.
 German Report
 Berlin, Nov. IS - (UP) Ger manys air fleet made heavy week. end attacks on London and the souts coast of England and sank two British ships, the high command re- ported today.
 A merchantmen and mine sweeper were sunk. the high com mand said. and another merchant man was hit of the English east coast.
 Naval artillery, on the French coast, dispersed British convoy in the Channel, it added.
 Both German and Italian bomb- CTS attacked British targets over the week -end it was stated in authori- tative sources, with London, Liver pool and Southampton coming in for extremely heavy attacks. These attacks were directed primarily at British naval centerS, it was under stood. and Southampton was re- ported severely damage.
 Foreign reporters were taken by the propaganda ministry on a tour of Berlin'S four main railroad sta tions as means of showing that British claims of damage to the sta- tionS were false. The correspond ents did not see any damage at the stations and officials at SchleSiScher station, which London had reported heavily hit, said that damage done there home time ago was repaired within an hour and a half.
 The correspondents visited the stations of Potsdamer, Schlesischer, Pulitzstrasse and Lehrter The Lehrter was the only one that show ed signs of bomb damage and off, cials said that it was damaged sev- eral weeks ago.
 Near the PulitzstraSse, a small wooden storehouse had been burned and at the Berlin -Moabit freight station work was almost completed in the rebuilding of the station, which was almost demolished at one time by British bomb.
 The only other damage which re- porters saw was on a bridge near the Lehrter station.
 British In France
 A Southeast British Port, Nov. IS .-(U.P) - British bomber sattacked German gun supplements in France today and German and Brit ish long-range artillery duelled across the Dover Straits for almost an hour.
 The fire of the big guns shook the Channel coast. A thick mist yelled the area.
 Earlier. planes flew through a gale to attack German guns near Cap Griz Neg.
 The Germans were known to have set up at least 24 long range guns between Calais and Boulogne, some of which reportedly were taken from the Maginot line. One battery of eight l4-inch guns has been estab- lished east of Gris Neg Lighthouse. Other heavy guns are set up west of Calais. British reconnaissance also has shown some guns mounted on railway cars which are shunted tn forward positions for firing.
 The guns from the Gris Neg and Calais areas had shelled the Dover area intensiyely during the night, The English coast shook with the vibrations of shell explosions and the sky over the French coast was lighted with the explosions Of bombs dropped by British planes, which when over to silence them.
 For 6 thrce-hour period, British and German guns dnelcd across the