Evening star., 1940-01-13
British P| dnes
Over Austria
And Bohemia
German Air Raider
Shot Down Over
Firth of Forth

Firth of Forth
BALKAN ENTENTE PARLEY may
provide opportunity to settle diff
ferences; Hungary and Bulgaria
believed likely to attend.
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SOLIDARITY REPLACES MON
ROE DOCTRINE, Cardenas holds;
new principles of mutual consulta-
ton seen. Page Al
BRITAIN HAS GIVEN Germany
war aim, Goebbels declares; ex-
plains difference ip propaganda
technique compared to 1914.
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Py the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. l3.-British flyers
in "the greatest wartime survey
flights" penetrated Bohemia and
Austria during the night, carried on
the North Sea warfare by attacking
Nazi destroyers and today destroyed
q German air raider over the Firth
of Forth, the air ministry announced
in series of communiques.
The exploit of scouting over the
southeastern parts of Greater Ger
many was the first of the war to be
reported in that region.
A British war correspondent in
France reported the British oper-
ated from French bases and flew
over both Vienna and Prague.
Flyers starting from their home
soil would have had to cover the
equivalent of the distance over the
Atlantic from Newfoundland to
Ireland for the reconnaissance.
Nazi Report Denied.
AS German planes roared along
the east coast of Britain for the
fifth consecutive day, the war of
words kept pace with the accel-
Grating war in the skies as the air
ministry called untrue" Nazi
high command announcement that
two Royal Air Force planes were
shot down.
At the same time fears of sab
otage were expressed as sentries
fired on prowlers at Hendon Air
drome, Northeast London An at
tempt apparently was made to cut
the Scotland Northern Ireland
cable at Donaghadee, Northern Ire
land.
In today's aerial operations the
air ministry said a fighter patrol
shot down a Nazi raider off the
southeast coast of Scotland in the
morning.
Later three German planes flew
over Norfolk port and a plane
believed to be German craft
was seen flying low off a southeast
coast port in the afternoon.
Three Royal Air Force fighters
roared in pursuit, but the invader
fled toward the English Channel,
throwing up smoke screen against
the defense craft.
Patrols Over Helgoland.
In addition to the scouting fights
over Bohemia and Austria, the air
ministry said security patrols were
maintained over Helgoland Blight"
and Northwest Germany was sur
veyed.
The coastal command sighted
three German destroyers Thursday,
1t announced, and dropped bombs
close to the craft.
The German nigh command an
nounced two British planes were
shot down. one on the western front
yesterday and one When eight Brit
ish craft attacked German DESTROY
ers. The Berlin communique indi-
Gated the plane-destroyer fight
occurred Friday-the British said it
was Thursday.
The air ministry in reply to the
German claims announced:
"A Royal Air Force aircraft was
attacked yesterday by four Messer-
schmitt fighters at 10000 feet whilst
engaged on reconnaissance over
Germany near the frontier of Lux
embourg.
Deny Craft Shot Down.
AFTER a running fight the Brit
ish aircraft returned safely to its
base and the allegation made in
the German high command that it
was shot down in flames is untrue.
THE further allegation in the
same communique that British air.
craft were brought down and dam
aged whilst attacking enemy de-
stroyers in Helgoland Blight equally
Is untrue"
The sinking of the Hull trawler
Lucida with the loss of her crew of
IL was reported. The vessel struck
. mine off the northeast coast.
The crew of the trawler Eric
Stroud reported Nazi raider drop
ped Is bombs, but failed to score
hit.
Two other trawlers escaped attack
when rockets fired by one frightened
away a German bomber.
Crew members of a London
steamer reported today they saw a
German plane which took part in
Thursdays reconnaissance flights
over Northeastern England brought
down over the North Sea by British
fighting planes.
Although strengthening of home
defenSes against the possibility of
German aerial bombardments was
disclosed, the main British answer
(See LONDON page A-70