The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-28
Nazi Bombers Trying
Knockout On British
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Germans could be seen towing the
damaged flying boat to the shore.
German planes swooped down OF
Thames Estuary town below Lon
don today and bombed the mar
shopping center. Several person!
were injured in the streets and ONT
store was damaged severely wh1lt
others suffered minor damage.
It was estimated that Is Ger
man planes attacked the towns while
air combats ranged from mid-Kenf
to the Thames Estuary after British
fighters had attacked two German
formations which succeeded in cross.
ing the Kent coast.
Furious Dogfights
Furious dogfights were seen oyel
three southeast coast towns and two
inland towns.
British fighters were reported Il
have shot down at least one Ger
man plane near the town in which
the main shopping district was raid.
ed. Unofficial estimates were tina
five German planes had been sho'
down so far today.
Anti-aircraft guns sent up a ter
rifle barrage while the Royal AL
Force sought to drive off the raiders
New British bombing raids were
made on northern Italy-the sixth
long distance blow in two weeks
with the Turin war industrial dis
trict at the chief objective and all
raid alarms again were sounded II
Munich and Berlin, although NJ
bombs were reported dropped ant
the Germans said the Berlin alarm
was a mistake.
100 Night Raids
In the British Isles, where thu
Nals reported unfavorable weather
conditions recently, there were abou
100 sporadic night time raids de-
signed to rob the people of sleel
and create the "jitters," and there
was also a. series of daylight raid!
of considerable intensity.
The British reported that two
German formations which roaree
over the Kentish coast this morning
were split and driven back by tn
defense forces with loss of probabl.
three to five planes. British source
alleged that the Germans hat
machine gunned train and wer
resorting to "terroristic" practices
were planned.
The Germans reported that "dev
astating" attacks had been made o,
automobile, airplane and other fac
tories and on the Chatham nava
yards in England.
Fierce dogfights between Britisl
planes and German raiders were re
ported over the southeastern tow
where bombs struck residentis
district and wrecked an apartment
building. Bombs also hit gas mai
in the town and broke water main!
German Bomber Crashes
A German bomber was seen t
crash at sea after a heavy anti-air
craft barrage. Another Germa
bomber was shot down at sea, tn
pilot jettisoning his bombs. A Mes
serschmitt fighter was reported she
down in a cornfield near a sma
village at the outskirts Of the towr
The pilot bailed out.
It was stated that defense Graf
were extremely active both along tn
coast and inland.
In the town most severly bonnie
along the Thames Estuary, the mai
shopping center was badly damage
and many other bombs dropped o
the outskirts. They hit a store l
which several people were burie
and nearby houses. Craters wer
: formed in the road and damage wa
great.
The raiders continued inland an
, bombed a tiny village where BIRTHS
sources said there were no poSSibl
military detectives. There were be
lieved to be a dozen casualties /
the village.
The German reports Of vast d.
Struction at Chatham were part
offset by a United Press correspond
ent'S tour Of the London port whic
the Nazis had said was closed by a.
attack. The correspondent foun
, some damage had been inflicted bl
, that the port was still operating o
a restricted basis. Apparent damae
was comparatively slight.
! The German high command &C
mitted that British planes raide
, reich detectives again during til
, night but asserted that damage wa
unimportant. The Italian commun.
que said that a British raid ha
been made against italian position
In Ethiopia, including the Harrs
. and Bessie bases, killing eight pei
. sons and losing one plane. Min
persons were reported killed IN ar
other British raid on Massawa, !
, italian Eritrea.
Italy Again Bombed
British bombers for the sixt
time In two weeks roared acro'
Switzerland and the Alps last nigf
and bombed northern Italy. generl
headquarters Of armed forces sal
IN eoInmunique which claimed salc
eessfnl daylight raids on Half
Palestine port.
The communicate said that III
British ralding northern Italy ha
done little damage and were drive
Oh by heavy afiti-aircraft fire. b
at Haifa. II was claimed. Italy scos
cd successes when heavy bombs fe