Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-03
Nozi Planes Lash at Britain
In First Full Daylight Raids;
Disorders S preod in Rumonio
English Count 24th
Bomber Shot Down
In Half Month
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
LONDON, July 3 (P).-German
bombers in all-day attacks today
over the whole length of England
killed two persons and injured %.
Meanwhile, the air ministry
announced the royal airforce last
night raided military detectives
in Denmark, Belgium, the Ruhr
and Westphalia. The ministry
said Texel. in the Tristan Islands,
and Ymiuden, in Northern Hol-
land, were bombed today and the
Belgian port of zeebrugge last
night.
One British plane was reported
missing.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 3.-The German
air force, piling attack upon attack
In its war of nerves and bombs,
dashed at the British Isles again to-
day-in broad daylight-but the
British counted the oath raiding
plane destroyed in a half month of
defense against big-scale raids.
German bombers set fire to big
building in Southeast England dur
ing an attack this afternoon. Air
raid precautions firemen were
called out.
German planes spanned south
coast defenses this morning and
dropped bombs at several points,
following last evenings assault
which killed IL persons and injured
1923, officials said This was the
greatest casualty list of German
raids thus far on British soil.
Indicating the persistence of the
Germans attacking from the south,
joint Air Ministry Home Security
Ministry communique, issued shortly
after noon. said anti-aircraft de-
lenses we're still in action.
The communique said:
Several enemy aircraft crossed
the south coast this morning and
have dropped bombs at a number of
points. Anti-aircraft defenses are
in action"
Bombers Forced Back.
Several times during the night
and morning bombers were said to
have been forced back from the
coast by anti-aircraft fire and Brit
ish pursuit planes.
Another plane was driven off
when it appeared over Wales, the
first German daylight flight over
that region.
One invading plane strafed SOL
diers near the English shore with
machine guns and dropped incen-
diary bombs.
An afternoon communique Of the
Home Security Ministry said the
bombs dropped this morning 'were
few in number and do not appear
to have been directed at any par
ticuiar objective. So far as is known
only two persons were slightly in
jured'
The attacks were the first in the
full light of day for the British
Isles. On Monday and Tuesday
however, raiders appeared in the
long summer twilight.
The heaviest of last evenings
raids came at three northeastern
coastal towns.
At least 10 of the dead and many
of the injured were reported in one
town, where a lone raider dropped
high explosive bombs on a thickly
inhabited area.
In a section embracing four OF
five streets, flremen and air raid
precaution squads worked in relays
throughout the night digging for
trapped victims.
Eight persons were injured-two
seriously-when bombs fell in an
other northeast town and in the
outskirts of another. One woman
running for refuge died of a heart
attack.
The Nazi raiders dropped bombs
"at random in some southern and
southwestern areas" a communicate
of the Air Ministry and the Min
istry of Home Security asserted to-
day, but apparently there were no
casualties or serious damage there
or in Wales.
1t was the second successive eve
ming of raids in which the German
bombers crossed the coast during
twilight.
Previous heavy casualties were on
June 20, when 10 persons were re-
ported killed and go injured, and on
Monday night, when IL were killed
and % injured. Nazi attacks on the
Channel islands of Jersey anc
Guernsey June %, prior to their &C.
cupation by Germans, killed 20
persons and injured at least 36.
An Air Ministry communique sale
a lone German bomber was the Oath
raider reported destroyed since the
first large-scale attack on Britain
June 49,
Another German plane was sight.
ed off the southeast coast shortly
after dawn, but was driven out tt
sea by pursuit planes and anti-air'
craft fire.
Several times during the night
Nazi planes, flying at great alti:
tude, attempted to cross the south.
east coast, but were driven off BY
fighters.
The Air Ministry announced last
night that Royal Air Force plane.
had made another and heavy ATTACK
on the 26,000-ton German battleshir