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fighting, against four German
losses.
Thirty Buildings Wrecked.
At Hamburg, the high command
said several apartment houses were
wrecked and number of civilian
casualties inflicted, including four
dead. Later, informed sources said
80 buildings were wrecked by 10
British bombs there.
British bombs falling in the cities
of Kiel and Lueneberg also hit only
residential neighborhoods, the news
paper Nachtausgabe reported.
Apparently the British night
pirates, despite the destructive Ger
man reprisals, have not had enough
yet commented the Berliner Eel
tung.
The further actions of the Ger
man air force will teach England
definitely that Adolf Hitlers words
are being converted into deeds"
The Fuehrer has threatened to
answer every British bomb with
many and raze British cities in
reprisal for air attacks. This has
been given officially as the motive
for the fierce assaults on London.
New Bombing Tactics.
Although Germany's biggest
bombers blasted the city last night
and today with a powerful new
super bomb" these sources said the
heaviest bombs had not yet been
used.
The Nazi air forces, they said,
have adopted new tactics for night
bombing. At night, they said, few
German aircraft circle over London
at first, throwing flares. Then, when
the city is Illuminated sufficiently,
Nazi bombers fly over at different
heights and, at word of command,
release all their bombs simultan-
eously. During the day, bombs are
usually released at intervals.
One squadron, named after its
commander, Won Ruempel. reported
celebrating its 200th air victory yes
terday by having each, crew member
empty a bottle of champagne and
throw the empty bottle down over
Buckingham Palace. ,a.,.. c
Goering in Charge. 80
Reichsmarshal Hermann Wilhelm
Goering assumed personal charge in
Northern France of the 'reprisal
raids" on England.
There was every indication the
German offensive would continue
to the full extent of the Reich's
might. 1t was generally believed in
Berlin that Marshal Goering-Hit-
lers right-hand man-would assume
personal command only in case of a
major action, and the high COM
mand's announcement of his direct
leadership touched off speculation
whether "der tag" had come in the
attack on Britain.
For this assault, Marshal Goering
called upon planes based in German
seized Norway, Denmark, Belgium,
the Netherlands and Northern
France, as well as in Northwest
Germany.
Marshal Goering himself brought
the news to the nation, declaring in
a surprise broadcast from his head
quarters yesterday that Hitler had
intrusted him with the task of as
saulting "the heart of the British
Empire" in 'reprisal raids"
Hour of Revenge" Here.
He told of a terrific attack" in
progress against London and said he
was watching waves of German
planes winging toward England.
The official German news agency.
DNB, later announced:
London will be blasted with mil
lions of pounds of bombs as long as
attack of enemy pilots on non-mili-
tary detectives in Germany con-
tinue."
The publication Der Montag, in
headlining the news, said the hour
of military revenge" had arrived.
Authorized sources insisted, how
ever, that Nazi pilots aimed only at
targets of military significance and
that any English civilians killed or
injured were "unintended victims"
Docks Declared Damaged.
German sources offered no deScrip-
ton of the super-bombs now being
used, but claimed one such bomb
could level anything within 500
yards.
They declared considerable dam
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