The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-20
British Airmen Carry War Back ToGermany
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(Continued ] week which ended at midnight, August Il. Neutral losses were two ships totaling 6,708 tons and one AL lied ship of 942 tons.
 During the same period Germany claimed to have sunk 169,976 tons of shipping).
 German Planes Swarm Over
 Swarms of German planes attacked northeast England after a night dur ing which bombs had been scattered over most of the island, leaving nu- merous casualties in many communi- ties.
 The Germans also launched post dawn assaults in the southeast, pentrating past coastal defenses to attack an inlan dtown.
 Other German raiders bombed a town in Wales, killing two persons and injurng others. it was reported.
 The air and home security minis tries said that last nights scattered raids extended over most of England and Wales and "a few districts of Scotland" and that there was "a number of casualties, some of which were fatal" Some damage was done to towns in the midlands and north eastern and southwestern England last night, the ministries added.
 paonvyo1 of j,,t ay, ci aI hoyN6jy1ry fn1- lowed Hull during yesterdays day. light hours which the British at tributed to heavy losses inflicted on Adolf Hitler's raiders Sunday. The air ministry said IA Germans were shot down Sunday, bringing total emmy losses for the seven-day period then ended to 571.
 Five Maxi Planes Ragged
 Yesterdays bag of German planes the air and home security ministries said, was only five. Three British fighters were lost, the ministries add ed, but two of the pilots escaped death.
 (The Hull was attributed by Ber- lin quarters to lad weather). The RAF was blasting away at German bases on the French chan nel coast. The brilliant flashes of exploding bombs and anti-aircraft batteris were clearly visible on the English side. A great pillar of flame shot up after one xplosion and ob- servers believed big fire had start ed. The raid appeared to be concen- trated from Calais to Bolougne, re- ported twice attacked, and extended for miles.
 The resumption of German raids early today gave point to warnings that yesterdays Hull meant only that the enemy was gathering his forces, after Sundays losses, for new and possibly more devastating attacks.
 The Daily Mail said Hitler might be evolving new tactics, perhaps in- cluding the dispatch of as many as 2,000 bombers day over England, and the Evening Standard said this week might prove to be the biggest in Britain's history"
 Whatever else befalls or follows, {" the newspaper said, "Nazi bombers will be searching out our air fields, our ports and our shipping with new and relentless fury"
 Prophecy Fulfilled AS though to fulfill this prophecy, | German planes attacked northeast coastal town in waves, killing one person, injuring several and wreck ing numerous houses. ARP work CTS immediately began digging through heaps of debris in search of other victims.
 The Germans had already inten- sified what the British call the war of nerves" by limiting that in- vasion by parachute troops might be imminent.
 Germany announced that Great Britain had been informed that re- prisals woud be taken against Bri- tish war prisoners if German para chutists were treated contrary to international law.
 The German radio also, if unwit- tingly, carried a hint that RAF bombers were dropping death and destruction on German soil. The Hamburg and Bremen radio stations went off the air as they do when British raiders are near.
 There also were reports that the RAP had penetrated to the su- burbs of Berlin in "nighthawk" at- tacks far from home bases.
 German raids during the night extended from the northeast to the southwest coasts of England and from the southeast to the north- west, incudng the industrial mid- ands in their scope.
 Incendiary bombs started several small fires. quockly entinguished, in a northwest town, and at least two midlands districts were bombed.
 A Welsh town in the southwest 1 was attacked, but no casualties were immediately reported. Several salvos were dropped in southeast areas which had been bombed rec peatedly before.
 Four Bombers Shot Down
 The air ministry reported that four enemy bombers had been shot down up to 6 o'clock lest night after day of Init and run" raids mostly confined to eastern and southeast ern ohjectives.
 German bombers attacked seera RAF airdfomes. causing severa casualties, and damaged houses ir