Evening star., 1940-09-30
Planes Hit Britain
From Aberdeento
Channel, Nazis Say
Scottish Cities Listed
Among Bombing Target.
In Last Nights Roids
BY the Associated Press.

planes are Straf1ng the united King
dom from Aberdeen to the English
Channel without stopping, causing
new devastation to British war in
dustries, the German high com
mand reported today.
London and Liverpool. hit b!
"closed formations and individual
planes" bore the brunt Of Nazi at
tacks last night. said the commun'
ique. Aberdeen, Edinburgh ane
Leith in Scotland, were listed a.
targets for heavy caiiber bombs.
Preliminary reports of the day
\ air fighting over southern England
showed the British had lost 38 plane
and IA German aircraft failed II
return, informed German sources
said.
They declared aerial engagement!
developed in various places a.
more waves of German bombers
invaded Britain during the day.
Changing weather conditions, they
insisted, did not hamper the Ger.
man flyers in unloading bombs ovel
London docks and other spots II
southern England. Damage caused
they said, was extraordinary"
Fires in Merseyside Port.
Informed sources elaborated or
their high command statement II
say extraordinarily widespread
fires were seen in Merseyside port
facilities and warehouses after the
attack on Liverpool and explained
high winds spread the flames speed.
lily.
The high command listed plane
losses In air engagements yesterday
as 18 British to 4 German.
1t said an especially important
armament plant in the Midland,
suffered big destruction" by heavy
caliber bomb. Two conveys were re-
ported "dispersed' of the East Eng
lish coast.
A German reconnaissance plane
said the German Official news
agency DNB. sank a 4,000-ton Brit
ish merchant ship at the mouth OF
the Thames River today.
DNB reported the plane, flying al
great height, dived and dropped
several bombs. One bomb was said
to have struck the merchantmen
amidship, closely followed by two
other hits.
Smoke clouds indicated the boiler
exploded, the news agency said.
Berliners Driven to Shelter.
British warplanes roared into Ger
many during the week end. driving
Berliners into shelters for one hour
and so minutes this morning and
for two hours and 10 minutes yes
terday morning, in addition to at
tacking other sections of the Reich
and German-occupied territory.
But DNB said Nazi dive bomberS
attacked the Rolls Royce motor
works in Derby, England, from a
height of ITO feet. and the crew OF
one warplane, piloted by First 1t
Baron Won Butlar. reported seeing
walls of assembly halls collapse
Other raiders, the Germans said
bombed east and south coast har-
bors and industries in the Midlands.
Informed sources said heavy cali
ber bombs were dropped on Edin-
burgh Saturday night. starting fires
which could be seen l25 miles away
The high command asserted 5000
tons Of bombs were loosed on
England that night, 1000 tons on
London alone.
Report Little A.-A. Fire.
In last nights attacks. DNB said.
the first 80 Nazi planes over London
reported they placed bombs success
fully on industrial and port facilities
from a low altitude with little dis
turbance from anti-aircraft fire.
Informed sources said that besides
London, Birkenhead came under
concentrated air bombardment last
night.
They said one British night raider
was shot down during sallies centered
chiefly in Western Germany, where,
according to first reports, nine per-
sons were injured.
There was no anti-aircraft firing
In the early morning r. A. F. raid
on Berlin today and no planes were
heard. A communique said:
Enemy planes few into West
Germany. Some weak forces came
as far as middle Germany and
vicinity without reaching the cap
ital"
DNB said mortuary was hit in
hamlet in Hanover Province and
that several dwellings were dam
aged in another place. Belated re-
ports Of Saturday nights raids
claimed were killed and II injured
In Cologne.
The high command minimized the
effect Of the Royal Air Force raids
on the Reich during the week end.
saying there was no noteworthy
damage"
tThe British, however. claimed
electric power stations and anti
aircraft emplacements in Berlin,
the naval base at Wilhelmshav-
en-, munitions works at Hanau
and rail centers and airdromes
all were attacked heavily. The
Channel invasion ports also
were blasted again, the British
reported, as well as the big gun
emplacements at Cap Girls Nez,
just across the narrow stretch
of water from Dover, EnglandD
Meanwhile. authorities here were
advising Berlin citizens to be sure
everyone had a gas mask and per-
sons without them were advised
where to get one.
The possibility of the use of gas
has become the number one topic
of discussion in air raid shelters
here and although officials have
made re-assuring statements they
urged 100 per cent distribution of
gas masks.
Ramon Serrano Suner. key Span
ish minister who has been conferring
in Berlin for some time, reached
Munich en- route to Rome for further
conferences with axis officials.