Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-15
1,OOODead or Injured in NaziRaid
On Coventry MOTOR Plant Center;
r AT. Blasts S Berlin Rail Stations
26 Airdromes Are
Reported Attacked
In Reich Areas
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Nov. 15.-Five rail-
road stations and freight yards
and two power stations in Berlin
were blasted with bombs in NOON
light raids last night which reached
from Stavanger. Norway, to the Ger
man submarine base at Lorient in
France, the British reported today.
Twenty-six airdromes in German
held territory were attacked, they
said.
At the same time the Admiralty
declared further reconnaissance mad
established with certainty" that
three of Italy's battleships were Sc
riously crippled in the aerial tor
pedo attack on laramie naval base
Monday night and Italian COM
muniques admitted new British at
tacks had been made on the SOUTH
ern port of Bari and near Monopoli,
nearby.
r. A. F. bombers once more at
tackled the Italian naval base at
laramie during the night of No
vember 1914, the Air Ministry dis
closed. Only two planes were lost
in widespread attacks over laramie,
Koritza and Valona in Albania, Lib
va and Italian East Africa, the Brit
ish claimed.
Bow Of Battleship Raised.
Previously the Admiralty had def
nitely reported only two battleships
crippled in the laramie raid with a
third probably severely damaged.
The Italians have succeeded in
raising the bow of the 35,0OO-to
battleship of the Lttorio class and
salvage vessels are endeavoring to
pump her out while surrounded by
protecting nets, the Admiralty said,
while two battleships of the 1852
ton Conte di Cayour class are
beached, one of them apparently
abandoned with only her upper
works showing above the water.
Four shapes could be seen under
the water Of the harbor, the Ad-
miralty added. Two cruisers and
tvo auxiliaries previously had been
reported also damaged in the at
tack.
10 Pianes Are Lose.
An Air Ministry communique
said 10 British planes were lost
in the raids on Berlin and the air
drome attacks.
One Of these was German
bomber base concealed In the woods
near Vannes-Meucon, in Brittany,
France, where, the Air Ministry
news service said, repeated hits"
were made by planes of the coastal
command. Many fires were started.
The first bomb dropped on ST.
Leger Airdrome. northeast of
Amiens, during dive attack hit
hangar and caused explosions. A
Messerschmitt fighter was sent
spinning into a wood" by a Hudson
gunner the news service added.
Dump Believed Hit.
One aircraft dropped a stick of
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ammunition dump at Stavanger
Airdrome. in Norway, the bulletin
said, but very difficult weather" in
terfered with the raid.
Concerning the Berlin raid. the
Air Ministry said:
"High-explosive bombs fell on
and around SchleiSiScher Station
and its good yards. Railway yards at
the Putlitz-Strasse and Lehrter
Stations, at Anhalter Station in the
center of the city and at Tempelhof
Airdrome were attacked and fires
started"
An addition to the communique
said: Later reports of last nights
attack on Berlin show that in addi-
ton to the targets already mentioned
the Stettiner station and railway
yards and the power stations at
Wilmersdorf and Charlottenburg
were heavily bombed"