The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-28

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 A smaller force of Bx,ttsh planes bombed Poland's port of Gydnia, on the Baltic more tflan 700 miles from the nearest British base.
 This meant that the British and Russian air forces had established contact at the southern end of the Baltic where the Russians have been raiding heavily and peFsis- tantly.
 Red air force boinbers had reached Berlin Wednesday night and. 6 Mos. COW conmuniQue said, started nine fires in the capital in addition to fires and explosions in other cities.
 The Allied air force had been on 6 continuous offensive now for more than 24 hours since dawn yesterday.
 While the giant night bOnabeFs were attacking Kassel. which is 90 miles east of the Ruhr valley, light CT planes kept up an attack throughout the night on German occupied country and 90 terrific were explosions along the Calais Boulogne shore at the nasrowest part of the Dover Strait that resi- dents of the English southeast coast could not sleep. Buildings shook under the corcussion.
 As the night force returned Co base, strong forces of spitfiTes startA ed roaring across the strait at dawn.
 Many flew to continue the attack on the Calais Boulogne area but it was indicated that others were dart. ing out to attack other key targets.
 Soon after daybYeak. gunfire in the channel indicated that British light naval forces were in action.
 The sound of light and medium gun fire could be heard from the French coast.
 At 9 .. m. (4 .. m. EWT) a 1,lsil- ade of fire was heard from Cape 0ris Nez on the French coast, fol- loved by the Pom Pom fire of wer- ships well out in the channel. The gunfire continued intermittentiy.
 Russia in . special communique reported that in their raid WednSs~ day night Red air force planes started nine fires in Dandg on the Baltic, 10 in KoeningsbeTg. capital of East Prussia, and fires and heeyy explosions in other German ciei0s including stettin, StaYgrad. TFeptow. ENsergtsnwalke, Tilsit, Stolp and gchiendemuehl. All Russian planss returned safe.
 Within ths last 24 hours, Allied planes had attacked the German airdfome at Abbeyille on the French coast. . German convoy of Diepps and military installations and coia- munications in nertheyn France. United states army flying fort. resses, in the sixth of tl1eix asnAzs ing broad daylight attacks, attacked the German. held haShOe area of Rottsrdatn, Holland. strongly es- cngted by British spitfire fighters which thus made their longest oper. atIonal flight and caused suggeS- tiosas that the range of Allied fight CTS was being increased.
 l Last nights was the ninth raid on Kassel. The last had been made Sept 6, 1oAi.
 though KaAssl's peace tiEne popv- lation is only iTS 600. the air 3ores command decided on last nights said because 1t is one of the most important engineering towns and because 1t is known to have a big troop garrison.
 Last ssptenbeS's raid. though carried out by only 100 plAnes-A small force on toAAy's seale-cause 50 many fires that aifplAne crews could not count taegn. On that Oc- casicn every plane returned safe after destroying factories and Tail- reed yards.
 AZ iE awaited detailed reports of last nights raid the air ministry made 1t known that it had estab- liahed that in the RAp ra3d on Mains Aug. II an eree ps 1SS ceres wss left am ruins. Eight snilitAsy baEraaks, chemical. cement mce0T, Locomotive and ether factories. mills and railroad freight yards were de- IstsCyed Oe damaged.