Evening star., 1942-10-26
-Four Smashes al Italy
Damage War Plants al
Cost Of Eight Bombers
British Home-Bosed Croft
Strike Across Alps With
Vost Weight Of Bombs
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOclaLtO fIeSS.
LONDON, Oct. 26.-At a cost of
only eight bombers, the RAF was
reported today to have done un-
told damage to war industries
and supply centers in Northern
Italy in a smashing new offensive
in which home based aircraft
struck across the towering Alps
four times in three days.
Gaping the attacks was heavy
assault Saturday night on Milan,
site Of the Caproni bomber works,
| where four-motored bombers un-
loaded a vast weight of bombs-in-
cluding two-ton "block busters"
Pilots who participated in the
Milan raid said buildings in Italy's
second largest city went flying" as
stick after stick of bombs fell on the
targets.
Only few hours earlier a large
force of Lancasters had raided the
same city in broad daylight-the
first daylight bombing expedition
against northern Italy since the be-
ginning of the war.
Vichy Protests Six Attacks.
Genoa and Turin were bombed
Friday night for the second night in
succession. Savona, Is miles west
of Genoa, was attacked simultane-
ously.
While the British were assessing
the results of these assaults the
Vichy government announced it was
| filing a strong protest against al
legged attacks by RAF planes on six
| different localities in the unoccupied
zone Saturday afternoon.
The announcement said the at
| tacks occurred in the regions OF
Vichy, Montlucon and Domerat, all
in the Allier department, and at
Roanne, ChateauxrouX and Annecy
They constitute deliberate ag-
gression affected in broad daylight
and in the unoccupied zone against
the civilian population of a dis
armed country" the announcement
declared.
Swiss Charge Violations.
An earlier announcement issuec
in Paris said hedge-hopping Brit
ish and American planes had ma
chine -gunned French farm worker
near Fecamp and Amiens in the
occupied zone, causing casualties.
A Reuters dispatch from Bern sale
the Swiss government also was pro
testing to London over alleged VIC.
lations of Swiss territory in con-
nection with the raids on North
ern Italy Saturday night.
Afraid alarms sounded again II
Bern last night. But there was ne
indication here that the RAF hae
been busy over Northern Italy.
! The Italian radio tacitly acknoWl-
edged that the raids on Genoa hac
badly disrupted the city's transport
system Rome put the number OF
casualties in the first raid on the
city at 80 dead and 1870 injured, anc
said 35 were killed and Ct injured
at Savona.
Little Activity Over Britain.
There was comparatively little
aerial activity over Britain during
the week end, although few Ger
man raiders bombed scattered To-
calities in Eastern England Satur.
day night and several places on ths
southeast coast were attacked yes.
terday. Some casualties were
caused.
London's anti-aircraft guns blazee
away into the clouds today when {
plane which could not be seen from
the ground flew high over the out
skirts of the city during a short
midmorning alert.
! The sirens were last heard in tht
capital a week ago when there wer
three daylight alerts.
Authoritative quarters said twt
enemy planes were spotted toda
crossing the coast in the direction o.
the capital.