Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-02

iOlNDS1N, WV VI l1SA AAti
suffered two of the heaviest and
most concentrated aerial attacks
of the war at the hands of the
r. A. F." overnight, the Air Min
istry news service said today.
3, the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Nov. "A surprise
attack on Berlin by Royal Air Force
raiders shortly after other British
planes had bombed German-held
Amsterdam, caught thousands OF
Berliners in cafes and on the streets
last night and set the capitals de-
Tense guns laundering in volume
not often equaled here.
A high command communique to-
day said at least 26 persons were
killed in Amsterdam while several
Berlin civilians were killed and in
jured.
The extent of the damage in Ber-
lin was not Immediately disclosed,
but every phase of the raid was
marked by intensive counter-fire
that indicated the power of defense
batteries had been strongly in
creased.
The British came over at an I'M
expectedly early evening hour.
At some points the surprise was
so complete that numbers of Ber-
liners were turned away from public
refugees jammed to overlooking and
had to take shelter in doorways
until a lull permitted them to seek
safer quarters or hurry home.
Military Hospital Damaged.
At one time carry in the attack
British plane was caught in
searchlights and held there for a
minute or so of narrowing fire, but
apparently escaped. The official
communique made no mention of
any plane being shot down.
A military hospital at Amsterdam
was damaged severely. the COM
munique said. Nineteen wounded
German soldiers undergoing treat
ment tb--a were reported killed, to-
gether with seven Dutch residents
in other partsAof the city.
The number of slightly and seri-
ously wounded is not yet certain"
the connunique said. 1T is feared
the lumber of fatalities may in
creas
In both Amsterdam and Berlin,
the Germans declared, the r. A. F.
attacked residential sections.
Of the raid on Amsterdam the
communique said:
The manner of this action
against Amsterdam corresponds ex-
actly with the method of previous
raids on peaceful Dutch towns"
OF the Berlin raid it was said:
This raid again proved that the
Royal Air Force, even with good
visibility and a starlit sky, bombs
civilian sections which are far away
from military detectives"
Scattered Planes Over Berlin.
The Germans said most of the
British planes which entered the
Reich were turned away by intense
defense fire and that only scattered
planes succeeded in flying over Ber-
lin. staying at high attitudes.
Both high explosive and incen-
diary missiles fell on the capital.
Incendiary bombs again struck
the noted Rudolf Virchof Hospital
reported to have suffered previously
but fires started in the attic were
extinguished quickly, the commun-
ique said.
The high command reported that
dive-bombing planes yesterday at
tackled three conveys of the south
east coast of England, sinking 13
ships. including destroyer. totalling
47,OO0 tons and damaging nine
others.
Convoy Broken Up Off Dover.
One convoy was said to have been
broken up off Dover by long range
batteries of the army and navy. The
ships were said to have fled into
Dover, where they were further
shelled.
Fire from British coastal batteries
was answered until they became
silent, the communique added
Wide-ranging "retaliatory" flights
against London during the night
again were reported, with numer-
Gus new fires being started in Lon
don and in industrial plants of
Birmingham and Coventry, as well
as Liverpool Harbor. Scottish in
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