Evening star., 1940-09-16
Nazis Admit Loss
OF 43 Planes in
Raids Yesterday
IA British Are Claimed;
Increasing Resistance
Of Foe Acknowledged
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BERLIN, Sept. 16.-The German
all force, acknowledged to be meet
ing increasingly stiff resistance from
London's defenders, swept back
against the British capital today
after full Sunday Of furious at
tackS which cost an admitted loss
Of 43 Nazi raiders.
The German high command re-
ported. however. the British paid
| almost two for one, with "a of their
planes shot down In fighting yes
terday, 2 by anti-aircraft batteries
and by Nazi naval patrol boats-a
total of 70.
(The acknowledged German
losses were the greatest of any
single day since the start Of the
battle for Britain. The British
reported they downed 1876 Ger
man planes-alSo a record days
claim-and lost Is Of their own
craft yesterday
Siege to Continue.
Despite the increased British re-
SiStance, authorized German sources
said the German attackers still were
able to reach their objectives, both
by day and by night, and asserted
the air siege would continue with
undiminished vigor until Britain
waves the white flag
Roaring through adverse weather
during the night, German planes
were reported by the high command
to have scored direct hits on a gas
works at Bromley. industrial plants
and other targets in the London
area. port facilities at Dover and
Portland on the channel coast,
Liverpool on the west coast, Birm-
ingham in the Midlands, and an
airplane factory at Southampton.
Pierce air battles developed in
! the course of these raids" 1t
acknowledged.
Raids also were reported on ship
conveys off the Irish, Scottish and
English east coasts in which, the
high command said, two merchant
men totaling $4,000 tons were sunk.
one was set a1re and several
damaged. 4.
Another 5000 ton merchantmen n
was reported sunk in the English
Channel by plane attacking at
night.
Numerous new fires were reported
set of by raids on Liverpool and
Birmingham.
Since early morning, spokesmen
said, Nazi warplanes have been
carrying out rolling attacks" upon
England. coming and going across
the Channel in a steady procession.
The increased resistance in the
London area was said to have been
achieved by the British at the ex-
pense of defenses in other parts of
the island, which the Germans said
had been robbed of anti-aircraft
guns and fighter planes to bolster
the forces around the capital.
New fires set by Nazi bombs were
reported raging in the great dock
areas along the Thames and the
Germans said they would be kept
blazing by never-ending relays of
Warplanes until London's industries
and supply centers are paralyzed.
Attack on Berlin RepuIsed.
German anti-aircraft defenses
were given credit for beating of an
other British attempt to retaliate on
the Berlin area late last night and
early today.
The Nazi capital had two AFRAID
alarms, each of about 80 minutes.
but authorities said that British
planes which tried to approach the
city were scattered by the outer de-
fenSeS.
Berliners say that a British at
tempt at large-Scale reprisals for
the continued bombing of London is
certain to come and they took
more or less as a matter Of course
the alarms which twice routed them
from their beds.
Claim 283 Planes In Week.
The authoritative commentary
Dienst aus Deutschland estimated
that Londoners who needed all air
alarms since September 7 had spent
fully half their time in raid shelters.
The same sources said that be-
tween that date and Saturday 283
British and 81 German planes had
been lost, while German planes or
submarines had destroyed 10000
tons of British shipping.
Official circles denied that there
had been any noticeable increase in
the intensity of British bombing at
tackS on German-held Channel
ports.
German sources claimed IT'S Brit
ish planes were destroyed between
September l and September IA.
They said 676 we're shot down In air
fights, Al by anti-aircraft fire, and
So DESTROYED on the ground