Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-25
British Pound kazis
In Daylight Raids
On Invasion Ports
Germans Over London;
18 Bombers Fe||ed.
Air Ministry Says
BY the Associated Press.

. BY tne ASSOCldleC fItSS.
. LONDON. Sept. 25-The British
struck in daylight at the German
held channel invasion coast" today
downed Is invading German planes
and said that single British bomber
attacked German convoy OF mer-
chant vessels off the Dutch coast.
sinking one.
R. A. F.. bombers set an infantry
barracks ablaze. damaged the docks
and started a huge fire on and
around the railway sidings in a
slashing attack on Brest, the Air
Ministry announced.
The Germans roared again over
Central London and into the city's
screen of anti-aircraft fire. They
struck. too across the country at
the west English port of Bristol. An
official announcement said number
of persons were killed and injured
by bombs which fell in the outskirts
of Bristol
In today's defense operations. five
British bombers were lost. but three
pilots were reported safe. Two
planes failed to return from last
nights continental raids.
NaziS Strike Back.
The heaviest of Londons barrage
! fire seemed to come from South
western district.
An Exchange Telegraph CORE
spondent reported from England s
| heard across the Strait of Dover
seemed to be the heaviest of any of
the British bombings on German
coastal bases in France.
The Nazi air force struck back in
kind.
Shortly before noon nearly 100 in
vading planes appeared over the
Southwest English coast. splitting
into three groups for their assaults.
Alarms were sounded at several
coastal towns.
/ A number of bombs fell at one
town, one digging up roadway and
cutting the water and electrical
supply. Three bombs struck the
beach, showering pebbles over l.
mile radius.
Raiders Press Inland.
In spite of terrific anti-aircraft
fire the raiders pressed on inland,
where it was believed they were in
tercepted by British fighters.
Two German bombers were shot
down and crashed on land while two
others were believed downed at sea
when about a dozen raiders and de-
Tending Spitfires clashed this after
noon over the south coast port of
Bournemouth.
About the same time a raider
dived from clouds over a southeast
coast town and dropped 10 bombs
on shopping and residential CEN
ter, according to British reports.
One bomb destroyed an empty
movie theater.
In an air fight over Southwest
England coastal area today about
20 German bombers, apparently fly
ing westward, we're attacked by
British fighters and ground bat
teries. A German plane fell in
flames at Branksome. The pilot
bailed out, but was killed.
Bomber Chased Out to Sea.
A Brighton correspondent report
ed that a Spitfire fighter chased a
German bomber out to sea at noon
today and little later returned,
dining "victorv roll "
Massed German bombers gave
central London the worst plaster
ing of the war last night. Some of
the fires were still burning at noon
today. For block after block one
could not get away from the pene-
trating smell of smoke
Within radius of 100 yards two
bombs fell in a busy street and a
third turned three-story house into
skeleton. Incendiaries fired two
furniture stores and a pair of smaller
buildings.
Amid bomb craters and fires, other
stores remained open for business
and cockney fruit and vegetable
sellers were back on the damaged
streets today. picking their way
through the tangle of fire hoses.
One woman vendor set up her stall
(see LONDON, Page A-40