The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-18

have been machine-gunned from
the air with no casualties and no
damage.
German planes also were chased
by British fighters from town in
Wales, where four bombs were
dropped with no damage.
Indicating the presence of Raj
planes over Germany at noon today,
a German long wave radio station
remained silent for % minutes.
The Raj claimed in COM
munique to have raided Italian air.
fields at Ell Gubbi and Agordat in
East Africa. Also, the Raj claimed
italian fuel dumps at Moyale, on
the Kenya-E Ethiopia frontier, were
attacked from the air, causing fires.
Italian Naval Barracks
Italian naval barracks at Assab,
Eritrea, were bombed and set afire.
There were no British losses in
any of the operations, the Raj said.
Royal Air Force crews, after study
ing elaborate models Of aqueducts
made on the basis of reconnaissance
photographs, have wrecked a part of
the Dortmund-Em canal, one Of
the most important links of Ger
many's internal transport system,
the air ministry asserted today.
A communique said that German
disorganized by damage done to
railroads and trains by British
bombs. AS the result, 1t was said,
German transport authorities sought
to relieve congestion by increasing
use of the canal system and were
conveying munitions on great barges
carrying two train loads of freight.
On recent night, it was asserted,
British planes bombed aqueducts
near the canal safety gates and
bombed entertainments, especially a
double aqueduct at point where
the canal crosses the river Ems.
Photographs taken later, the air
ministry said, showed barges lying
fast in the mud, the can empty
and the aqueducts wrecked.
Nazi Bombers Strike
German airplanes attacked the
great British training camp and
military base at Aldershot, air.
fields, industrial and harbor works
in south and central England yes
terday the nigh command said to-
day. Fires we're observed everywhere.
a communique added.
The high command said also that
German naval forces operating at
sea had sunk an additional 10000
tons of enemy shipping and it
claimed that German troops had
landed on the island of Ouessant, off
the coast of Brittany, France. Cues
SAINT (Ushant) is the westernmost
of the islands off the Brittany coast
and is 26 miles west by north of
Brest.
Occupation of Quessant was con-
sidered in some quarters as part of
preparations for an attack en- the
British Isles. In this connection the
high commands organ Die Wehr-
macht" said that Germany has es-
tablished naval bases at 10 major
ports on the French Channel coast
ana from some points could send
the naval arm of an invading army
to British shores within AZ min
uteS.
Aldershot, previously a target fol
German bombers, is only IS mile.
southwest of London.
The high command said tina
large fires were seen at Tunbridgt
Wells, near Aldershot, and in Of
near Portland. German planes were
said also to have attacked East
bourne and Greenock as well as
shipping in the English Channel.
Italian Communique
The Italian war communique to-
day said that italian planes had
bombed the British North African
base at Mersa Matruh and that in
East Africa, British forces with
drawing from the Kenya frontier
post Of Moyale were being pursued
Italian airplaneS also bombed the
British airtield at Wajir, Kenya
with satisfactory results" the COM
munique issued from general head
quarters of the armed forces
claimed.
It admitted that the British hao
bombed the Italian airfleld at Agor-
dat, East Africa, but it claimed
that no damage had been caused
and that one British plane haC
been shot down by Italian pursuit
planes.
In the Moyale sector, it was
claimed, arms, munitions and trucks
were captured. The Italians claim
to control Moyale, known on Brit
ish maps as Fort Harrington, ar
important point on the caravan
trail from Nairobi to Adds Ababa
Gibraltar Attacked
Several aerial bombs were dropped
on Gibraltar this morning. There
were few civilian casualties, in
Guiding three killed, but damage
was slight. Anti-aircraft guns free
on the attacking plane. as it was
caught in the beams OF defense
SearchlightS.
There have been repeated at
tackS ON Gibraltar in the last week
but officials said that damage TX
the great British fertilization al
, the entrance of the Mediterranean
hao been slight.
CThe attacks on Gibraltar Wers
considered of special significance
because of intimation last night BY
Gen. Francisco Franco, ally OF Ger
F, many and Italy, that Spain want!
| to get back Gibraltar and its for
mer north African possessions. Il
the =xiS powers attempted spec
tacu;ar blow against Gibraltar the
cooperation CT Spaiu would be i'm
portant,l
The German high command:
publication die Wehrmacht' sale
that the invasion could be launched
from ten big ports, some within 4:
minutes of Britain and that details
had been prepared even to consid.
Grafton of the use Of artificial fog
the fog on which Napoleon onc'
counted to cover an invasion that n
was never able to attempt.
Such statements by the Germans
were obviously a part Of the war o
nerves with which Adolf Hitler still
was battering Europe as vital par