The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-01
Axis Strikes British
Isles But Get Return
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provisions of this article unless she
has sailed from or could have called
at a mort at which if duly quallf1ed
she could have obtained a ship naVl-
cert"
British fighter planes engaged a
small fleet of German planes OH
the southeast coast last night, one
air ministry said today, and doWneo
one of them. Two British planes
failed to return from patrol duty
yesterday. .oo
The ministry said that at least 600
officers and men of the German ar
force had been killed or captured
during July.
Report of Raiders
London, August 1. - CUP - Ger
man air raiders today and last
night continued attacks on the
British Isles and latest reports SAID
that although bombs We're dropped
by scores during the night they fell
into open fields or wooded areas.
Air raid warnings from the drec-
ton Of the Thames Estuary were
heard in central London shortly
after midnight as raiders were re-
ported flying over southeast, SOUTH
west and northeast England and
Wales.
No casualties were reported from
the night raids although at one
point in southeast England 100 IN
cendiary bombs were dropped. All
were said to have fallen into fields
Other bombs fell just outside a
town inland from Bristol Channel
British fighters there took to the
air and drove off the raider. An
other raider appeared over north
west England this morning but It's
three bombs fell into a wood.
The British magazine aeroplane
today estimated Germany's current
airplane production at 1000 monthly
and it said that Britain already has
passed this figure, mot counting the
steadily increasing flow of air
planes from Canada and the United
States.
German Communique
Berlin, Aug. 1.-(UP)-The Ger
man high command admitted today
that a British plane last night
bombed the great German city Of
Hanover, severely damaging a
number of houses and killing and
wounding a number of persons.
The bombs, dropped from a high
altitude by a lone plane flying IN
the clouds, fell on the center OF
Hanover, it was said.
Hanover, in Prussia, Is a great IN
dustrial and art center.
The high command admitted that
other British planes had bombed
northern and western Germany but
claimed only slight damage had
been caused by these raids.
The bombs which fell on the cen
ter of Hanover were far from any
military detectives, the high COM
mand said.
It claimed that German air raids
on British shipping and harbors had
resulted in explosions and fires and
the loss of eight British planes yes
terday against two German planes
admitted lost.
The communique said that Ger
man air attacks on the British Isles
and shipping were conducted de-
spite adverse weather conditions
and that in addition to damage on
land armed British merchant YES
sells were bombed in the English
Channel.
Raids ON Shipping
Raids on shipping were conducted
over the Channel and in an area
west of the Scilly Isles.
might raids were carried out with
weak forces against shipping and
harbors in south England as well as
against enemy searchlight batteries"
the communique said. Explosions
and fires were observed"
It claimed that during air battles
of Dover last night five British
planes and two barrage balloons
were shot down without German
losses. The fights were said to have
been between British Spitfires and
German Messerschmitt pursuit
planes.
The high command said three
other British planes we're shot down
during raids over Norway, Den
mark and the Netherlands. bring
ing total British losses for yester-
day to eight planes. It was admit