Evening star., 1940-09-10
Berlin Houses
Are Hit;;French
Coast
British Ships Fire
AT Nozi Points; Heavy
Sub Toll Claimed
Rv the Associated Press.


BERLIN, Sept. 1O.-German raid
ers. crossing paths with British at
tackers who bombed the outskirts
of Berlin and northern industrial
areas of Germany. continued roll
ing reprisal' assaults on London
during the night. the Nazi high
command reported today.
The daily communique said war
essential targets in the British capi-
tai again were blasted by bombs of
all caliberS and admitted the British
inflicted more or less serious dam
age" on scattered apartment houses
in the neighborhood of Berlin and
other cities.
In addition TO the inland raids the
high command reported British
WarShipS under cover Of hazy wealth
er stole up to the German-held
French coast. "aimlessly fired sew
eral salvos which hit the hinterland
without damage and were repelled
by Nazi naval artillery.
Supplementing the London raids
other attacks were said to have been
carried out yesterday against the
English west coast and the Scottish
east coast.
Yesterdays air losses were listed
as A British planes to 81 German
40,25O Tons Sunk by Prien.
Submarine Comdr. 1t. Capt. Gun
ther Prien, who was credited with
the sinking of the British battle
ship Royal Oak early in the war in a
daring raid on Scapa Flow. was
reported to have sunk 40,250 tons
Of British merchantmen in one re-
cent voyage.
The high command declared an
other submarine destroyed $500
tons of shipping and that German
auxiliary cruiser seized a neutral
steamer. as prize in British waters.
A British convoy of eight ships
steaming out of Dover yesterday
was shelled by German coastal bat
teries and broken up, the high
command added. 1t said four re-
turned to Dover, two turned in
toward Deal, one other was damaged
by shell fire and was towed to Deal
and the eighth remained smoking
in the Channel.
A British battery at Dover which
attempted to answer the German
fire later was silenced by Nazi long
range guns, the report said.
Apartments Hit.
Berliners were driven to under
ground shelters for 43 minutes be-
fore dawn as the British raiders
visited the metropolitan area, and
it was acknowledged that a number
of apartment houses on the north
ern outskirts of the capital had been
damaged by high explosive bombs.
No casualties were reported. how
ever and German officials said the
planes failed to penetrate to the
center of the city. Heavy anti-air-
craft fire was audible, however, and
fares dropped by the raiders cast
a weird light over the northern end
of the city as they fioated down
through low clouds.
Later reports said that only one
British plane actually few over the
suburbs, circling the area twice to
drop its bombs.
Commenting on the raid, the Ber-
liner Zeitung warned that London
will share the fate of Warsaw and
Rotterdam if Prime Minister
Churchill continues to send his
pirates over Germany nightly"
Raiders visited the Wesermuende
industrial region near Bremerhaven
but most of them were said to have
been driven off by sharp anti-air-
craft fire and there was no mention
of any damage.
Nazi Attacks Gust Begun"
German bombing squadrons were
reported, meanwhile, to have con-
tinued their attacks in relays
throughout the night.
Nazi pilots returning from the
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