Evening star., 1941-01-23
British Air Raiders
Pound Dusseldorf
Area Of Ruhr Valley
R. A. F. Fighter Planes
Strofe Germun Aircraft
In Occupied France
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 23.-British air
raiders pounded at the Dusseldorf
area IN Western Germany's indus
trial Ruhr Valley during the night,
the government announced today,
ending several nights of inactivity
caused by bad weather.
The attack, said to have been the
21st aimed at Dusseldorf steel, oil
and munitions works, was described
as concentrated but of only medium
scope because of the weather over
the continent.
(The official German news
agency reported in Berlin that a
small number of bombs dropped
in Western Germany early last
night caused unimportant dam
age to private property and
started small fires which we're
quenched quickly. 1t said only a
few planes participated and ap-
parently no casualties resulted)
Nazi Aircraft Strafed.
Earlier, the Air Ministry reported
R. A. F. fighter planes, with six
Polish Flyers among their crews,
launched two daylight machine-gun
attacks yesterday on German air.
craft at landing fields and on troops
and ground defenses in Nazi-occu-
pied France from the Channel coast
to the Somme River.
On the first trip, the Air Min
lStry news service said. 'one of the
pilots began the offensive by diving
and firing at number of small
motorboats met off the French coast.
The same flyer, it was said, ma
chine-gunned five Messerschmitt
planes grounded at LIE Touquet Air
drome and then. on the way home,
met anti-aircraft fire and stopped
long enough to send all his remain
ing ammunition scattering among
the guns crews
Our fighters were not engaged
by the enemy and all of them re-
turned safely" communique con-
cluded.
German Activity Slight.
German plane activity over Eng
land was slight last night and today.
Nazi raiders dropped bombs on
three towns on the coast of East
Anglia today, damaging a few
houses in two of the places and in
juring 'only a very few persons" !"
the Ministries of Home and Air Sc
curity said tonight.
DNB, official German news
agency, said Great Yarmouth, in
East Anglia. was raided by the
Germans today
An air alert sounded in the Lon
don area in mid-morning.
The all clear" sounded a short
time later. There were no reports
of bombing and no gunflre could be
heard in the capital.
A thick mist hung over Dover
Strait.
Britain enjoyed a relatively quiet
night. The Air and Home Security
Ministries reported hardly any
activity although a few" bombs
fell in an eastern county. These
were said to have caused very little
damage and no casualties.
Destroyer losses of. the British
fleet mounted to an unofficial total
of 81 with the announcement yes
terday OF the Admiralty that the
1,340-ton Hyperion had been sunk
by other British warcraft after she
was left helpless by a mine or tor
pedo.
There was no mention of the date
or place the destroyer was sunk.
(The 9,100-ton cruiser Southampton
also was sunk by other British YES
sells after being crippled by Nazi
dive bombers in the Strait of Sicily
January 100
The Hyperion ran down the 80 ,581-
ton German liner Columbus in the
Western Atlantic December 10, 1899.
The Nazi crew scuttled their ship.