Evening star., 1940-01-10
BULLETINS.

BULLETINS.
BERLIN, Jan. 10 P.-Three
British Blenheim planes out
of nine attackers were shot
down today over Helgoland
Blight, German officials an
nounced.
The announcement said
four German pursuit planes
had driven off the invaders
and inflicted casualties on the
British aircraft in an engage
ment at pm. q am. E. S. To
Helgoland Blight, an arm OF
the North Sea, contains nu-
merous important German sea
and air bases.
LONDON, Jan. 10 R.-The
air ministry announced to-
night that Royal Air Force
planes had dropped bombs
near the German island OF
Sylt while ION patrol over
enemy seaplane bases last
night.
~ the Associated Press
LONDON Jan. 10.-The British
air force carried the war to Ger
manys shores today in an outburst
of renewed air and sea warfare COM
ing only one day after Prime Min
lister Chamberlain's warning that
grim days are ahead.
The British sent warplanes over
Germany's northwest coast in what
they called reconnaissance flights
and security patrols over German
mine-laying bases in the Frisian Is
lands.
Dispatches from Copenhagen indl-
Gated that the Britons ran into
battle. Vivid flashes through the
early dawn and the rumble of can
nonading, along with the sighting of
numerous aircraft, indicated an air
battle over the Island of Sylt, Ger
man air base.
This followed sudden bomb and
machine-gun attack by German
warplanes upon II ships in British
coastal waters yesterday. The Ger
man communique asserted that
eight vessels were sunk; the British
acknowledged the sinking of two.
Steamer Oakgrove Sunk.
The admiralty announced today
that the 1985-ton British vessel
Oakgrove was sunk with an unde-
termined number of casualties after
an attack from the air, and that
the 689-ton British steamer Gowrie
also went down.
The admiralty said today that two
Danish ships, the 3,369-ton Ivan
Kondrup and the 955-ton Teddy
attacked yesterday and previously
reported sunk, had been found
and probably would be brought into
port.
Some observers believed the sud-
den German attacks might be the
prelude to an aerial "blitzkrieg,
or lightning war, such as has been
threatened by Berlin many times.
Along with this renewed activity
1t was expected that young Britons
of the ages of 20 to % years, in
elusive, registered in December,
would be called to arms shortly,
bringing an additional 100000 men
under the colors.
Registration of the age groups
from % to 81, made liable for mill
tary service under King Georges
January l proclamation, is not ex-
pected before March at the earliest,
it was learned.
Ship Broken in Half.
Yesterdays attacks on British
coastal waters came while Mr..
Chamberlain was describing the
recent quiet in the war with Ger
many as "the calm before the
storm"
The 10002-ton Dunbar Castle was
broken in half by mine off the
English southeast coast, and British
warships were reported hunting a
German submarine base in the
Canary Islands. 1t was understood
the Dunbar Castle was in an out
ward bound convoy.
Two German bombers which at
tackled shipping off the east coast
yesterday dropped 40 bombs at the
1,146-ton British steamer North
wood without scoring single hit
the British said.
Capt. H. A. CauSton and two of
the Dunbar Castles crew were killed,
two others were reported missing.
Huddled in blankets, the 48 passen-
gers an dremainder of the crew of
$50 were brought to London early
today by rescuers. Nine children and
several women were among them.
The Dunbar Castle. which just
had begun a voyage for South
Africa, was the largest liner mined
IN coastal waters since the 1890
gers and remainder of the crew OF
was sunk November 81.
Many of the survivors were in
Jured, but the total was not aScer-
tained. The rush of water into the
hole in the side made launching of
boats difficult, and the ship broke
IN half within 20 minutes, Just as
the last boat got away.
A British businessman passenger
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