Evening star., 1940-09-27

LONDON, Sept. 27 GA
number of girl factory en-
ployes were feared killed or
injured today by a bomb which
penetrated a section of an air
raid shelter where several
hundred were taking refuge.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 27.-German
Warplanes attacked all England
by the bowling hundreds today
in one of the mightiest aerial Of
fensives yet launched in the long
battle of Britain, and late in the
afternoon at least SO of the raid
ers had been officially declared
shot down.
The defense thus was operating
with fury not seen in nearly two
weeks.
A great air battle was fought
within the sight of observers in
southwest London suburb this after
noon with at least 100 British and
German planes filling the skies after
three grand-scale attacks had been
made by the Nazis in a renewal of
their mass assaults on this capital.
Artillery Duel at Dover.
British and German long range
artillery also fought duel across
the 22-mile Dover Strait. the Ger
man shells rocking the Dover area
with two shells every two minutes
and the British fire increasing in
intensity after half an hour.
One formation of nine German
planes streaked across Central Lon
don during the progress Of the big
battle. They were flying so high
they could be seen only by the aid of
powerful glasses. Shells burst all
around them, and one section of
five turned back The other four
disappeared in a cloud as British
fighters closed in.
At least 100 German planes took
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morning, sfter Britain's own mass
formations had delivered the sever
est attacks yet against Germany
and her trans-Channel coasts.
British Send Bombers Out.
A German scout plane, evidently
spotting for the range finders back
on the French coast, flew high over
the Dover area during the shelling.
Then, soon after the shells began
to fall, formation of British bomb
ers roared out to sea toward Cap
Girls Nez, where the flashes of the
German guns could be seen clearly.
Apparently they were bent upon q
fierce reply to the German shells.
About 20 bombs were dropped in
South London during the first day.
light attack today, destroying a
number of buildings.
Eighteen German planes were re-
ported brought down over South.
east England this morning. The
British Press Association said at
least 13 of them were shot down in
the London area.
One huge formation of so bomb
ers which attacked a town on the
southwest coast was scattered by
British fighting planes after some
bombs were dropped. One small
bomber was forced down on a
southwest beach and the crew of
three captured.
At the same time the Air Min
istry declared particularly heavy
damage" was inflicted in mass at
tacks on LIE Havre, Kiel, the Ger
man naval base and terminus Of
the vital Kiel Canal. and other
military objectives in Northwest
Germany"
Continuous String Of Fires.
Observers saw almost continuous
strings of livid fires set up all along
the coast opposite Dover in these
night attacks. The flashes of bombs
and explosions were described as so
intense that they blotted out with
their glare the blaze of German
searchlights swinging in the skies.
The British also singled out Ger
many's internal waterways for at
tack.
The Germans renewed their mass
daylight attacks after the Goth night
of London's air siege in which the
force of a scattered German offen-
sive appeared to dwindle.
An explosion of a time bomb after