Evening star., 1940-10-07
Industrial Plants
In Bend Of Thames
Blasted, Nazis Say
Raids Center on London,
Southeast and Central
England, DNB Asserts
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Oct. 7-Haylong attacks
by relays of Nazi bombers were con-
centrated today on London and the
cities of Southeastern and Central
England, DNB, official German news
agency. reported tonight.
Heavy bombs dropped on import
ant industrial plants in the bend of
the Thames River at London have
kept the British capital under heavy
clouds of smoke since morning, it
reported.
At other places. the agency said,
factories, railroad stations and
tracks have been heavily damaged
by direct hits.
Gas Plant Blasted.
Explosion of large gas plant in
London. followed by great fire. and
severe damaging of water works
as result of German air raids yes
terday and last night were reported
by the German high command
Railway stations and tracks were
struck by heavy bombs. it reported,
and hangers and numerous air
planes on the ground were de-
Stroyed in attacks on airports.
Armament factories were raided
by scattered planes" in Southern
England, it added. while raids on
several army camps south of London
showed great effects with hits on
barracks and other shelters.
Port facilities along the Thames
and the southern and southeastern
coasts also were attacked, it said,
causing great fires at some points.
The communique said one British
plane which attacked German pa
troll boats of the Netherlands coast
was forced down and others were
beaten off.
Dive Attacks Reported.
Yesterdays air operations. these
sources asserted. were not on a mass
raid scale, but more or less scattered
and climaxed by heroic accomplish
ments" of individual plane crews.
These consisted of daring dive at
tacks on war essential objectives in
London as well as on the south and
east coasts. they said German
bombs were said to have been rained
on Dover and other ports and on
armv camps
There were no air fights. the Ger
mans reported, but one Nazi plane
was lost.
DNB Official German news agencv)
charged that since German air at
tacks on ENGLAND have increased in
force the British are shooting down
an increasing number of Nazi sea
rescue planes.
Ten such craft. the agency assert
ed. were DESTROYED during August
and September in the English Chan
mel and the North Sea.
The rescue service has saved 226
distressed flyers. including several
British plane crews. during the two
months. DNB said
Invasion Talk Discounted.
High German sources. meanwhile.
put damoer on conjecture over
maybe hint of land invasion of
Great Britain broadcast by Ger
man soldier-reporter. who said the
Nazi air force may soon be followed
by hundreds of thousands of brave
German soldiers who are in readiness
and burning for action
These sources said the soldier
reporter had merely reported -"
what he saw and expressed his own
private opinion
Speculation on the Brenner Pass
conference last week continued. but
the Frankfurter Zeitung said the
world might we'll become accus-
toned to the fact that both axis
fuehrers draw up great and cour-
ageous plans and they have the
power and spirit to carry them out
but they do not talk about them
prematurely.
The high command reported Lon
don armament factories. harbor and
supply facilities and "other military
objectives" were bombed during the
week end. and returning flyers pic
tured the British capital as a
burning hell"