Evening star., 1940-07-12
Waves Of British .Worp|ones
Garry Air Battle to Germany
AS Nazis Continue Assaults
8 Reich Ships Shot
Down, London Says;
10 Die in Scotland
ey the Associated Press.

ey the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 12-With r. A. F.
attackers matching their German
foemen raid for raid and with de-
tense forces levying an unrelenting
toll on planes attacking the British
Isles. the air war of Western Europe
reached a new peak of intensity
today.
The days first casualty report
came from Northeast Scotland
where it was said one bomb killed
10 persons "as far as known" and
injured many others. The plane
which dropped it was shot down and
the crew perished in flames.
On the basis of official and un-
official reports, the tabulation of
German planes shot down today in
defense Of the British Isles and
British shipping stood in mid-after-
noon as follows:
Scotland, one bomber.
East coast, four bombers.
South coast, one bomber.
Southwest coast, two planes of
unspecified type.
The "all out" attack of the Nazi
force was still to come, but so wide
spread have been the daily assaults
already that King George VI him.
self narrowly escaped death or in
jury Yesterday somewhere in South
ern England
Blast Deep Into Reich.
Wave after wave of heavy British
bombers blasted military objectives
deep in Germany last night, it was
reported by aviation circles in
anticipation of an official outline Of
new British-wrought destruction.
Three British planes failed to re-
turn, but the Air Ministry balanced
this loss by announcing that fighter
commands of the British defense
had confirmed the loss of another
German plane in yesterdays action
over England, thus bringing yester-
days total of German planes
destroyed to %.
During raids yesterday on Ger
man-occupied France and the
Netherlands, it was announced, one
British bomber penetrated far into
Germany's industrial Ruhr valley
and in broad daylight attacked oil
depots.
German planes crossed the south
west coast in the early morning
light, but were quickly intercepted
by British fighter. Bursts of gun
fire from the fighter were followed |
Immediately by the dropping of
six bombs within less than a half
minute.
Bombers when attacked frequently
try to tighten their planes by
emptying their bomb racks, target or
no target.
Three houses of a southwestern
coastal town were demolished and
others were damaged. One bomb
struck children's playground.
Night Casualties "Slight."
The Air Ministry said that night
raiders crossed the eastern and
southwestern coasts, dropping bombs
lin a few districts near the coast"
to launch new day of assault on
sea and land objectives.
Casualties in the night attacks
were slight" according to the Air
Ministry, and none was fatal.
The daily raids have been taking
q sharply increased toll in civilian
casualties, but actual figures on the
dead have been cloaked by such
official phrases as several dead"
or "a few fatalities" No new
deaths had been reported by early
afternoon, however.
Nazi raids were broadened today
to include Scotland as well as
Southern England. A German
bomber roared out of the clouds
over a northeastern Scottish city
shortly after noon and three Spitfire
fighters met it with a swift-rising
challenge.
The invader dropped two bombs
as the fighters roared up. The
bomber had run a gauntlet of anti
aircraft fire, but apparently was
caught by full bursts of the fighters
guns.
Like a wounded bird, the plane
circled the city, losing height.
Smoke poured from the tail. The
bomber just cleared rooftops on the
outskirts. It struck a tree and
bounced across road into build
Ing where both it and the building
burst into flames. The crew perished.
Heavy anti-aircraft fire was heard
(See LONDON,( Page A-4D