Evening star., 1940-06-07
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the order are liable to be fired upon,
the Admiralty announced

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the order are liable to be fired upon,
the Admiralty announced
NaZiS Use Many ArmOred Units.
Military circles said a great many
German armored divisions which
engaged in the Flanders battle had
been thrown into the present offen-
sive against France.
They acknowledged that there
may be still other German armored
divisions which have not yet been
used in either battle.
Germans were said to be not now up
to full strength.
Plenty" of Germany's best in
fantry divisions have been in action,
these informants declared, but re-
serve divisions also are being used
and mo one could describe these as
first class and some of these have
had poor time"
These quarters declared that Brit
ish and French liaison officers be-
lieved that German bomber
pilots were losing their nerve"-not
because they lack courage but be-
cause there are certain forms of
warfare which no human can stand
very long"
There is evidence, according to
these sources, that the light ma
chine-gun. holding it's fire and we'll
handled Is Very efficient against
bombers
"As a result OF successful action
by such guns and gunners, con-
fidence is now growing that more
and more dive bombers will be de-
stroyed'
1t was said that the Allies are not
hindered-nor the Germans helped
by refugees on roads of the battle
zone nor would the German Pan
zer" (armored divisions find stores
of oil and gas awaiting them on
their forays.
Wide Coast Area Raided.
Nazi warplanes raided a wide area
OF England's south and east coasts
during the night and this morning
in the second air attack in "A hours.
but damage from high explosive and
lncendlary bombs was reported light.
A communique of the Air Minis
try and the Ministry of Home Sc
curity said there were two minor
casualties in the attacks. which ap-
parently were aimed at airdromes of
the Royal Air Force. An eyewit-
ness, however, said about six persons
were injured in Lincolnshire town.
A later Air Ministry communique
said one airman was killed when
bombs dropped on an airdrome flare.
Elsewhere, it said, the attacks were
ineffective.
The Air Ministry reported that
German planes crossed the British
coast at several points. A check
showed that AFRAID alarms lasting
40 minutes to three hours were in
effect through coastal districts of
the counties of Durham, Yorkshire,
Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire Suf-
folk, Norfolk, Kent, Sussex, Surrey
and Hampshire.
Bombs fell on the outskirts of q
small town in North Yorkshire, but
caused no damage. A 60-year -old
man collapsed and died in an air
raid shelter. however. There also
was an alarm in Cambridgeshire.
Red Flares Seen at Sea.
A warning also was given in
Hampshire town, where an air.
plane spotted in searchlight beams
dropped flares and then made off.
Residents of the southeast coast
said they saw red flares far out to
sea and a bright red blob" of light
that plunged toward the sea and
vanished, as if plane had fallen
in flames.
A resident Of town in Lincoln
shire related that Il heard the
sound OF planes overhead and then
faint bang some distance away.
Then came louder explosions which
shook people in buildings a quarter
OF a mile from where the bombs
fell"
The bombs were light ones. One
dropped on the roof of a building
and another hit cycle shed, the
eyewitness said, adding that
number of men were caught in
shower of bomb splinters and debris.
About six were injured, Of whom
three were taken to a hospital.
One man said there was a ter
rife explosion which shook the
building. The bomb was ex-
ploded on the roof by striking a
stanchion. Otherwise it would have
come right through into the build
ing with far more disastrous conse-
quences. AS it was, the amount Of
damage was relatively slight"
The government announced ar
rangements to compensate civilians
for loss of property in air raids.
Five Nights Of Raiding.
An Air Ministry communique said
the r. A. F. for five successive
nights had bombed oil refineries and
railway yards in the Ruhr Valley
and near Hamburg in Germany
while harassing the Nazi offensive
against Allied armies in France.
r. A. F. bombers attacked
mechanized units, troop concen-
trations and communications be-
hind the German battle front, the
communique declared, with hits
registered on two conveys and a
military train derailed.
The Ministry of Home Security,
declaring "the testing time has
come" disclosed plans for immedi-
ate mass instruction Of the public