Evening star., 1940-06-27
AirpIane Factories
And Ports Bombed,
Germans Claim
Occupation Forces Move
Into District East of
Bordeaux, Berlin Says
BY the Associated Press.

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BERLIN, June 27.-German air
men successfully bombed English
ports and plane factories during the
night, the high command announced
today, but apparently the thou
sand-fold" retaliation for British at
tacks on Germany. the object of
press clamor, was still to come.
Aside from repetition of the on
slaughts on the British Isles, the
daily communique presented this
picture of the European war:
l. German forces of occupation
moved into the coastal region east
of Bordeaux. The Dordogne sector,
apparently Dordogne department,
was reached yesterday.
2. Easy repulse of weak enemy
naval forces" making reconnaissance
attacks on the northern coast Of
France the night of June 24-25. Cine
British declared these landing par
ties obtained useful information in
clashes with German troops)
3. Sinking of 5000 tons of British
shipping by submarine.
British Continue Air Raids.
4. Resumption of British night air
raids on Germany. The high COM
mand again said the bombs caused
no military damage, but acknowl-
edged several civilians were killed or
injured. Three of the British raiders
we're shot down.
Amsterdam correspondents today
reported 10 persons were killed and
q number wounded in British air
raid on Harlem, II miles west of
Amsterdam. and village south OF
Den Helder, Dutch naval base, last
night.
The newspaper Telegraaf's corre-
spondent said Rotterdam was
bombed, damaging number Of
houses just repaired after the Ger
man bombing in May. There were
no casualties in Rotterdam.
Meanwhile, demands that England
be punished for nightly air raids on
Germany swelled to an angry chorus
in Berlin newspapers.
Press, radio and aupthorized
spokesmen charged the British with
bombing aimlessly," killing civilians
and damaging nom military objects.
Caustic comment on British war
leadership increased in volume.
The press asserted British raiders
sought out communities which lack
defenses because they are not mill
tary objectives. In one night, the
newspaper said, 371 bombs fell on
German soil. killing 16 civilians and
wounding Al in western commun-
tiles, including Duisburg, Rhynern,
Ahlen, Olde, Stadtlohn and Sterk-
rade.
DNB, official German news agency,
also reported 200 bombs fell in
Helder, German-held Dutch naval
base, the night Of June "A. Giving
the Dutch newspaper Telegraaf as
its authority, DNB said most of the
bombs dropped on non-military OBJ
jectives, and that there were 36 dead
and % wounded civilians.
Peace Moves Reported.
The German short wave news COM
mentator declared last night Eng
land is making "well-camouflaged
attempts to get in touch with the
axis powers" presumably for peace
negotiations.
Authoritative sources in Lon
don described this broadcast as
positive rubbish and absolute
rot" and stated no such move
has been, or will be, contem-
plated)
German quarters reported a num-
Der Of British boats, attempting to
approach the German-held French
coast in a ridiculous undertaking,
had been driven off.
Reports from German-occupied
Norway stated reconstruction in the
Narvik ore port region had pro-
gressed so light trains could use the
railroad line to the Swedish border,
over which ore from Swedish mines
formerly was transported.
A Russian delegation reached Ber-
lin last night to discuss a treaty
to settle border problems in Poland,
partitioned last fall by Germany
and Russia.