The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
Berlin Is Tense With
 Excitement Over Raid
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l NSVA1J11AuCO England at any point without frs gaining control of the air over 1t.
 Todays' high command com munique was regarded in informed quarters as the forerunner of really big developments.
 Also, 1t was noted, the officia German news agency D. N. B. nov is publishing practically a play-by. play account of air raids on tht British Isles. Hitherto it has car. ried only the high commands com munique and an amplification of il daily.
 For the first time since the wal began DNB strated today with g dispatch declaring that German bombers now are en route to Eng land" Until now all air force move ments have been guarded with the greatest secrecy. Airdrome Shattered D. N. D. said that in an attack on the airdrome at Eastchurch to- day German bornbers had "com- pletey destroyed" six hangars, set fire to a barracks and put heavy anti-aircraft batteries out of action Fires from blazing oi tanks were visible from afar, it was said. The agency claimed that ten grounded Spitfire fighter planes were destroyed and that 12 barrage bal looms were shot down in flames
 Two large merchant vessels, it was claimed, suffered severe dam- age from bombs today and the same formation which attacked British shipping was said to have shot down a Spitfire over the Thames estu- ary.
 D. N. B. said that at l2:l5 a. m. German bombers attacked the har- bor of Walsend, between Newcastle and South Shields. The raid was said to have caused great fires in warehouses and depots. During the. lengthy raid explosive and in- cendiary bombs crashed into the warehouses.
 It was claimed that five minutes after the attack began great ex- plosion occurred in the center of an already raging fire. British fight CTS and anti-aircraft fire were un- able to interfere with the effective ness of the German attack, accord ing to D. N. B.
 6 4Planes D0wned
 The official German news agency DNB claimed today that up to noon GA British planes had been de- stroyed in aerial warfare. It was said that only seven German planes were missing.
 The agency said that 38 British planes had been shot down in air battles and that 15 were destroyed on the ground. Another II British planes were destroyed when a squadron of 12 attempted to attack AaIborg, Denmark, according to D.. N. B.
 The high command said that Ger man raiders yesterday attacked harbors and airfields in South and Southeastern England and that es- pecial damage was inflicted on the great port of Portsmouth, where a power plant was set afire and docks and wharveS and coastal vessel were bombed.
 The high command said that to- tai British losses yesterday were 92 planes, including 12 planes de- stroyed on the ground, four by anti aircraft fire in Germany and the remainder in air battles. It was admitted that A German planes were missing.
 German Victories.
 Informed German quarters, as- serting that air control of Dover had been won, said that the Dover balloon barrage was smashed.
 Among objectives of yesterdays raids, according to the high com- mand, were air fields at Mansion, Canterbury, Hawkins and Lympne. The German planes, it was said, bombed hangars, barracks and tech- nical buildings. destroying many of them.
 A communique said that seven planes were destroyed at Mansion and that eight other planes were destroyed on the ground at other British air fields.
 The high command said that at Dover two balloons and 30 British planes were shot down yesterday.
 East of Southend a convoy was bombed and two ships totaling $500 tons were sunk and another set afire, the communique said.
 The high command said that last night the ports of Swansea and Cardiff and anti-aircraft search lights at Plymouth and on the Humber Estuary were attacked.
 British planes were admitted to have bombed Northern and Western Germany yesterday but it was said that no dar@age was done. Britain was said to have lost four planes in attacks on Germany. They were shot down by anti-aircraft fire, the high command said.
 Another Order.
 According to the high command a North Sea engagement between a German minesweeper and several British speedboats resulted suc- cessfully for the Germans" The high command said 1t was assumed that at least one British speedboat did not return to harbor while the German mineSweeper was undam- aged and continued operations.
 Well informed quarters said the attacks were continued with un- abated force today.
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