The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-14
British, Nazi Planes
 Have Mass-Air Battle
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The German airplanes were seen by southeast coast resigents at tempting to break through the Brit ish coastal air defenseS.
 RAF fighters SuuadronS attacked the German planes like a swarm of bees. For 15 minutes a great bat tie ragged among the clouds with British and German planes darting and diving in close combat.
 Finally, observers reported, the British fighter squadrons succeeded in smashing the German attacking formations and the planes were driven off.
 Spent cannon shells and machine gun bullets battered down on build ings and roads around Folkestone, indicating that on-armed planes were taking part in the combat.
 Nazis Hit England
 Berlin, Feb. 14-(UP) = Small groups of German bon1bers last night attacked military objectives in England including numerous air fields in south and southwestern England, an arms factory at Lon don and harbor works at Harwich and Margate, the official German news agency DNB. said today.
 The agency said German fornla- tionS yesterday attacked La Valetta, capital of the British Mediterran- can island fortress of Malta, and the Luca airfield on Malta. It was claimed that great destruction" re- suited from the raids.
 DNB said that a German bomb CT made a low level attack on @ British submarine on the surface in the mouth of the Firth of Forth yesterday.
 Bombs fell so near the hull that the destruction of the U-boat can be recokned,' the agency said. "The ship disappeared under the surfac. "
 NIB said that German fighter planes yesterday set afire and shot down three barrage balloons over Dover.
 German bombers last night at- tackled British positions in North Africa but details have not yet been TeCe1VSQ, ONb SdlQ.
 The agency said that German bonlbers yesterday attacked a Brit ish convoy, off Peterhead, on the east coast of scotland, damaging five merchant ships. The first ship of 5000 tons was said to have been set afire by a bomb which struck its bow. An 8,O00-ton vessel was struck amidship and set afire, it was said, and it was claimed that 8 ves- sel of 200 0tonS was struck on the bridge. Two other ships totaling S. 50 0tons were said to have been damaged by machine gun fire.
 Second Convoy Hit
 Berlin, Feb. 14-(UP)-The Nazi high command claimed today that a second British convoy was at- tackled and dispersed of the Scot tish coast following up the crushing attack on British shipping of Por- tugal by German surface raiders.
 The communique claimed that at least six British merchant ships of Peterhead, Scotland, were damaged in an attack by German war planes. East of Harwich, it was asserted, an 8J0O0-ton tanker was sent to the bottom by a single Nazi bomber.
 The high command raised its claim of damage in the surface raider attack off Portugal. It said today that the total of British ships sunk was IA, one more than claimed yesterday, and that total tonnage of the sunken ships amounted to 82,000.
 The attack of Portugal, it was claimed. raised the total of enemy shipping sunk by German overseas naval craft to around 670,000 tons.
 Tn air attacks against Britain yes- terday. the high command said. di- rect hits were scored on factory at Glasgow and upon harbors on the Scottish east coast and in southeast Britain.
 A large merchantmen and subma- rine. 1t was claimed, were bombed SO heavily by planes that they are to be reckoned as total losses.
 Tn night attacks. said the high command, the Lllftwaffe destroyed hangars. encampments and ground cd alrplanes in Cyrenaicn and also attacked military obJectives in Mal- ta.
 Naval artillery. it was said. shot down c British plane of the Norwe. gian coast and one German plane .ls missing.
 The olilclai DINE msWs agency