Evening star., 1940-07-14

R).-Early this morning German
bombing planes flew over North.
east England for the third sue
cessive night, but they dropped
no bombs and were driven of by
British fighter planes.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 13-Britain's
dashing and cocksure air fighters
sent six German raiders spinning
to destruction into the Straits of
Dover in an afternoon air battle
today and Britain's leaders pro-
claimed the Islands air defenses
mad proved themselves stalwart and
deadly.
The British straits triumph, re-
ported in an Air Ministry COM
munique, raised the days total Of
felled Nazi planes to IL, six fight.
ers and six bombers.
At the end of another week Of
ceaseless air bombardment, Britons
confidently claimed that repeated
Nazi raids to soften" Britain for
invasion had failed and that Brit
ish power to resist had grown with
each hour.
In all, official statistics showed
the Nazis have lost 81 planes from
July 4 to tonight.
Three Shot Down Earlier.
Three bombers were shot down
earlier today in raids which have
become part of the daily pattern
along British coasts in the Nazi
effort to starve and frighten the
nation into impotence.
Two were downed during the
morning, one falling into the Eng
hsh Channel, and another this aft
ernoon in fierce sky fight in
clouds high over a southwest coast
town.
Three German fighters were shot
down of the South coast tonight.
An Air Ministry communioue re-
ported only one British fighter
missing-in the Channel fighting
although it declared Royal Air Force
flyers twice had raided objectives
on German-held soil.
Despite adverse weather. it said.
damage was caused and many
fires started" by British bonbers
raiding Nazi naval bases at Emden
and Kiel last night.
Daylight attacks have TODAY been
carried out by our bombers on the
ardrome at Brussels, on detectives
at Monheim in the Rhineland and
on concentrations of barges on the
Bruges-O Canal" it added. "Au
our aircraft returned safely"
Summary Of Week.
Summing up the results Of q
weeks air attack, British authori-
ties said the Germans had lost more
than 100000 worth of aircraft and
had inflicted only Slight" damage
on shipping, the British Achilles
heel.
"The German high command
communiques are Systematically
minimizing German air losses" an
authoritative British source COM
mented.
Britain is adding 1000 men a day
to her armed forces in a high-speed
mobilization program and answering
the German air blows with her own
raids on German war industries,
air bases and communications sys-
TENS.
The total of modified British
men rose tonight to more than s.
300 900 as 0,000 men answered a
new call to the colors. The latest
class is drawn from 32-year -olds.
Two others will be called this month,
one next Saturday and the other a
week later.
Early in August all Dutchmen in .
Britain who have registered for
military service also will put on
British uniforms.
Work Never Ceases.
War and preparations for the ex-
pected battle-ground in these is e.
lands meanwhile wrought deep
changes in the week end to which
the average Briton has tried to
cling with bulldog tenacity. Work
in many factories and government
Offices never ceases.
Even for those with time and
means, travel is restricted, cheap
weekend excursions are Cancelled
and sunny south coast beaches
are now defense zones banned to
bathers.
Celebrating on the Air Ministry
communique. authorized sources
said about 20 tons of heavy bombs .
were dropped on docks, factories o.
and oil storage plants at Emden,
causing many fires and explosions.