Evening star., 1940-10-11
Fires Set at Port
Held by Nozis Are
Seen for 40 Miles
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Oct. 11.-Light and
heavy forces of the British feet
blasted German-held Cherbourg in
to flames during the night, it was
, officially reported today, while the
far-ranging R. A. F. slashed anew at
warships in the German naval base
of Wilhelmshaven and the great
Krupp shipyards at Kiel.
| Conf1agrations started at Cher
bourg, on the German-held in
vasion coast" of France, by the
cannonading warships and Coop
Grating bombing planes could be seen
for 40 miles, the Admiralty reported
or about halfway across the
/ English Channel opposite Ports
mouth.
The assault on Cherbourg was
I unchallenged, the Admiralty re-
! ported, except for the firing of
German shore batteries when the
| British vessels were enroute home.
! The r. A. F.'s raids, however, were
! carried out in the face of intense
anti-aircraft fire.
, Qn Berlin informed circles
said a British cruiser attempting
to attack Cherbourg had been
forced to withdraw by the fire Of
coastal batteries)
Light Forces at Cherbourg.
! The admiralty, commenting on the
apparent German unwillingness to
send their ships out to fight, said
that "it was known that enemy light
forces were at Cherbourg."
The fleet suffered no damage or
casualties in the sortie. the COM
munique said. Such attacks have
been rare in he war between Ger
many and Britain.
Cherbourg, one of Frances great
pre-war seaports, naval station
and fortified town, had a peace
time population of about $4,000.
Several sticks of bombs were drop
ped across the Wilhelmshaven har-
Dor, frequent target of the R. A. F.
ALL iCSCilG Ooyo, VIC iiAiiAooiy SAM
Continuing their daily smashing
of the invasion ports" along the
channel coast, the r. A. F.'s bombers
thrust far into Germany to bomb
several airdromes in Bavaria, the
communicate reported.
Oil Targets Are Blown Up.
The seaplane base at Norderney,
on Germany's North Sea coast,
shipping in the channel ports of
Calais, Boulogne, lie Havre and
Brest and coastal batteries at Cher
bourg also were reported attacked.
Other strong units of British
bombers attacked oil targets in
Germany, the ministry announced,
and reported storage tanks blown
UP and fires started at half dozen
places including Cologne and Han
over.
During the night there were in
dications that the r. A. F. had
struck deep into the German Reich
when radio stations at Berlin, Ham,
burg, Cologne and other points
went off the air.
Much of the British offensive
was directed against German ship
ping and dock facilities, the Air
Ministry reported.
Fokker Works Attacked.
At Kiel the Krupp shipyards were
bombed heavily and docks set
ablaze. Attacked in force" said
the Air Ministry, was shipping in
the ports of Boulogne, Calais, LIE
Havre and Brest in France and
Flushing and Amsterdam in The
Netherlands
The much bombed Fokker airplane
works at Amsterdam again was at
tackled. The Air Ministry reported
also a series of attacks on factories
and railways throughout the Neither
lands designed to prevent those
commandeered industries from add
ing to Germany's war sinews.
All the British bombers returned,
said the Air Ministry and moreover
reported they had downed two Ger
man planes.