Evening star., 1940-08-10
Mossed Stukos Renew Attacks
On Balloon Guarded Conveys;
Terror Bombs Rain on Town
Widespread Raids
Over Britain Meet
Stiff Resistance
By the Associated Press.

Gy tne Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 10.-German
Stukas, power diving at 400 miles
an hour, unloaded explosives in
mass attacks today on British ships
protected by balloon barrages and
rained whistling bombs on coastal
Britain in heavy terror" raids.
The Germans attacking the bal
loon protected ships off the south
east coast were reported to have
been driven off without hitting
their targets by anti-aircraft fire.
(The Nazi high command
claimed destruction of IL of
the big balloons, anchored to
the ships by long cables, in
Thursdays heavy air fighting
over the English ChanneD
Aiming one of the biggest as
saults of the war that the north
west coast has experienced, the
Nazis dropped a dozen whistling
bombs, whose ear-splitting screech-
ing frigl1tens as well as does dam
age.
Heavy explosive bombs showered
on another sector in that area
killed four persons, injured two and
damaged residential property but
missed military objectives.
Two men were killed and a num-
Der injured in raid on a northeast
coastal town.
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Fire.
In a second raid on shipping of
the southeast coast, German bonn
bers ran into heavy anti-aircraft
fire, hurriedly deposited three bombs
which missed their mark and sour
ried back toward France.
Raids last night and early today
caused an unannounced number of
casualties as the Nazi planes un-
loaded their bombs on scattered OBJ
jectives. -Four persons were killed
In one northwest coastal town alone.
A single German plane bombed
and machine-gunned a southeast
town, causing several casualties.
The plane dropped II bombs before
1t fled with British fighters in pur-
suit.
Fifteen to twenty houses were
damaged by bombs in another town
In the same area.
A terse communique said the at
tacks were spread over many dis
tricts" and acknowledged there had
been some" fatalities.
Areas in Wales and in Northwest,
Northeast, Southwest and Southeast
England were visited by the raiders.
The communique mentioned the de-
struction of a number of houses, but
gave no other hint as to the extent
of the damage.
At one town in Southeast England
lone Nazi plane dropped four large
bombs and then fled heavy anti
aircraft fire.
Another town in the southeast
was rocked by tremendous explo-
sions as bombs fell in two places
ashore and others off the coast.
At least seven bombs were dropped
In the sea off a northeast coast
town and others fell on a nearby
golf course. There were no casual
ties and broken windows were the
only damage.
Several Houses Wrecked.
Several houses were wrecked when
bomb fell III a garden in still an
other northeastern town, blasting a
crater 20 feet deep. An air raid
shelter only five yards away re-
manned intact and the occupants
were unhurt.
The text of the Air Ministry's
communique:
During last night enemy air.
craft made bombing attacks which
were spread over many districts. In
town in the northwest of England
bombs destroyed several houses and
caused casualties, some of which
were fatal.
"At a number of places in the
southeast and at a few places in
the northeast, the southwest and in
Wales bombs caused damage to
houses. The casualties in these
areas were few but included one
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