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were again in action and carried
very heavy bombs"
tThese may have included new
four motored American made
bombers which have been flown
across the Atlantic by the Brit
iSh)
The fires started in Berlin were
said to have been especially nu-
merous' in the neighborhood of rail-
way yards.
At Hamburg, Europe's greatest
port, the German naval shipyards
and industrial district received spe-
cial attention"
One Nazi fighter was reported de-
stroyed over Germany while at
tempting to intercept the R. A. F.
attackers.
dam, was also attacked, along with
other targets in Northwest Germany
and the Low Countries
Large fires were reported started
among docks at Boulogne, one of
the Nazi-held invasion ports on
the French Channel coast.
A large supply ship at anchor in
the Netherlands harbor of Ijmuiden
and other vessels at Ostend and an
airdrome in Norway were among the
r, A F.'S targets.
Hamburg, city of l,133000 sit
uated on the Elbe River 1T miles
northwest of Berlin, has been raid
ed repeatedly during the winter by
the British. who have claimed heavy
damage to the port area. Before the
war more overseas trade passed
through the city than through any
other German port.
Bremen, rated second in impor-
lance to Hamburg as a maritime
shipping center. also has been
bombed repeatedly. The city. which
has population Of about 100000, is
located about so miles southwest of
Hamburg on the WeSer River
Hint at New Weapon.
In reporting the Nazi attack on
Liverpool a communique appeared
to hint at new defensive weapon
in stating that the German bombers
were harassed by fighters, anti-air-
craft guns and "other devices"
which were described as very &C
tive
The nature OF the "other devices"
was not indicated, but they were
considered to be something other
than barrage balloons.
German raiders over London last
night and early today were greeted
by o thunderous barrage unlike
anything previously heard from the
regular anti-aircraft weapons.
the r. A. F.'s score was further
increased when it was officially an
nounced today that two enemy
aircraft Messerschmidt 109s were
shot down near the southeast coast"
in a dawn encounter.
Many Flares Dropped.
Raiders who attacked the Liver
pool area were said to have been
kept at terrific height" by the
British defense. They dropped nu-
merous flares and hundreds of in
cendiary and high explosive bombs,
observers declared. In parts of the
city burned out bombs were found
in nearly every street.
Casualties were reported to be
mot unduly heavy" however, and
transportation facilities this morn
ing were described as normal.
One heavy bomb lodged on the
roof OF a Merseyside school and $50
persons were removed from an ad-
joining shelter. The bomb exploded
short time later. bringing down
the school and nearby property.
Policemen and wardens assigned
thece were missing.
Several auxiliary fire watchers
were killed when a heavy bomb
burst in the center of a fire. A
number of persons were trapped in
the wreckage of tenement district.
The government compared the
raid on the Liverpool area with the
heavy assaults directed against Eng
land last fall but added:
ON this occasion the damage and
casualties bore no relation to the
scale of the attack and very little
was achieved beyond serious damage
to number of private houses"
Berlin reported good hits and
big fires were observed" in the
Liverpool raid)
Range Wide Over England.
The Luftwaffe took advantage of
full moon and clear weather to
range widely over England, and in
addition to Liverpool, struck at Lon
don, towns in the Midlands, East
Anglia and in the southwest and
southeast.
The Air Ministry news service said
night fighters were known to have
doWned five of the nine German
bombers bagged last night and
added they probably destroyed sew
eral more
1.-THE deadliness of our night fight
ers in combat is proved by the
fact that in most cases they shot
the raiders down in flames with