The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-22
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2l0 fighters, was sighted sweeping nown the channel in three waves.
 The hurricanes attacking, scat- Rered the bombers with machine kun fire, it was asserted, as the Germans were beginning to circle a Ship convoy.
 As the bombers advanced in waves of between eight and 10 each, nt was said, the hurricanes split into two sections. Three of the planes tackled the bombers and three the lighters, the communique said. One Meserschmidt-1 crashed into the sea. Two, 1t was said, were damaged. The British planes suffered no losses.
 s British Bombers Gone
 Britain lost five bombers in week end attacks on German obJectives.
 Aircraft factories, airdromes and Dil depots were attacked in central Germany the Ruhr industrial dis trict, and in Holland and Belgium. Pilots described flames shooting up BOO feet and smoke rising 1000 feet above bombed oil tanks at Vlaad- ringen, near Rotterdam. Other pilots reported fires still burning four hours later. British bombers attack ed the German naval base at Will helmshaven, concentrating on docks and other important objectives and Flushing airdrome.
 An admiralty communique said , that British naval planes success fully attacked the Italian naval and supply base at Tobruk, Libya, Sat- urday and made direct hits on trans ports and supply ships. It was as- serted that direct hit on an oiler was folled by a heavy explosion. The British planes returned safe.
 Cruiser Is Sunk
 London, July 22-CUP)-The ad- miralty announced today that the destroyer Brazen had been sunk by an airplane.
 "The Brazen was damaged dur ing an attack by enemy aircraft and subsequently, sank while being lowed to port" an announcement said. s'Thcre was no loss of life"
 The Brazen, which belongs to the sBeagle" class, was the 18th British destroyer lost in the war. It was of 1860 tons and carried normal complement of 138 officers and men. Its torpedo tubes were quadruply mounted, the first in the British navy thus armed.
 All vessels of the Beagle" class have exceeded their designed speed of 35 knots with ease and were eco- nomical to operate.
 The admiralty also announced that the Submarine Salmon was considerably overdue and presum- ably lost with her crew of 40 off, cers and men. It was the 11th British submarine lost.
 The admiralty also admitted the sinking of the mine sweeping traWler Crestflower by German air. planes. Two sailors were lost.
 Roosevelt Is Blamed
 Berlin, July 22-(UP)-The news paper Frankfurter zeitung today charged that President Franklin D. Roosevelt was responsible ito great extent" for the alleged "irra- tional attitude of England towards khe present situation in Europe"
 England" the newspaper said, "favored with words of friendship, may turn its back on reason and run into the madness of destruc- tion. MT. Roosevelt is the man who ought to hide his head if the appeal to reason made by Adolf Hitler is to end in the destruction of England"
 After asserting that the great extent of Roosevelt's responsibility for this war" is realized by only few Americans, the Frankfurter Zitung dclard that tn intaoinshrdlu zeitung declared that in the coming months before the American elec- tions the role of Roosevelt, his ad- ministration and his ambassadors, 'with MT. Bullitt at the top of the heap" will be mercilessly scruti- nized by the opposition.
 Nov that Roosevelt wants to be reelected, he openly admits that he has systematically agitatd for years against National Socialism" the newspaper said, land If Americans allow themselves to be duped, he may win the election through the achievement of which he is now boasting.'
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