Evening star., 1940-11-01
Nazi Big Guns She'll
British Shipping in
Strait for 7 Hours
Vessels Continue on
Course After Returning
Fire. London Says
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Nov. German long
range guns on the French coast
shelled British shipping in the
Dover Strait today and got a hot
reply from Britain's big batteries.
The Nazi bombardment lasted
about two hours.
The Germans used at least two
batteries, one near Cap Girls Nez
and the other in the Calais area.
Most of their shells burst wide of
the targets and the British vessels
continued on their courses, observ-
ers said.
Britain's guns slammed back hard
at the Germans who laid a smoke
screen on part of the French coast.
Flashes from their guns at Cap Girls
Nez stood out against the shore
line however.
Naples Attacked.
British bombers attacked the
great industrial center of Naples
last night, their first raid on the
southern mainland of Italy, an Air
Ministry communique said today.
The communique reported "a sue
cessful attack on oil tanks and other
objectives" at the italian port, but
did not disclose the base of the
British bombers. However, since
it specified that they were of the
bomber command, naval planes were
ruled out.
Malta. $50 miles from Naples, is
the nearest British base for land
planes.
British bombardments of the
italian mainland previously had
been confined to such northern
industrial cities as Milan and
Turin, carried out by bombers
crossing the Alps from Britain.
Naples, however, Is about 1000
miles from England and slightly
more than that from Gibraltar.
(The Italian high command
said slight damage" was caused
in the Naples suburbs of Bagnoh
and Pomigliano d'Arco. The for
mer is the site of some of Italy
largest steel plants and the latter
of airplane factories, testing fields
and laboratories. The Rome COM
munique reported one person
killed, five wounded)
Supply Ship Reported Hit.
In flight over Southern Norway
coastal waters Hudson bombers
scored a direct hit yesterday on a
camouf1aged 3,000-ton German sup
ply ship, the Air Ministry news
service reported. After a direct hit
amidship white smoke poured out
of the vessel and part Of its cargo
was seen in the water.
Ground defenses on the German
held coast and Nazi fighters re-
sisted the British, the news service
declared, and one Hudson failed to
return after it went on to attack a
German anti-aircraft vessel. "a
German communique claimed one
British plane was shot down of
Norway by a mine sweeper and an
other in air combatD
Axis bombing planes struck at
London, Merseyside and other points
in England and Scotland by day.
light today, the Air Ministry an
nounced.
London, after comparatively
quiet night, underwent two alarms
before noon, but both were brief and
British fighters in each case were
reported to have turned back the
attacking planes.
In a later raid several bombs were
dropped on the Capitals outskirts
One demolished house, but all the
occupants apparently had taken
shelter
Bombers were reported over Mer-
seyside, dock and shipbuilding area
of Liverpool, this afternoon.
Number of Casualties.
Raiding planes also were reported
at an East Scotland coast town. A
solitary raider which dropped
bombs near an East Anglia village,
causing a number of casualties, was
reported brought down at sea.
Another German plane was re-
ported shot down over a southeast
coast town by British fighters. The
pilot descended by parachute.
The Germans made third
thrust at London early in the after
noon and defending fighter planes
engaged formations Of raiders high
above the capital.
Thousands watched in the streets
as the opposing planes maneuvered
only to lose sight of them in the