Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-13
Turin Smashed
In Raj Assault
Linked 10 Sicily
Italians Soy l0l Killed
And 203 Hurt in Raid;
Nozis Hit Coast Town
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, July Is. - Home
based bombers of the Raj struck
a heavy blow at Turin in North
ern Italy last night in operations
co-ordinated with the Allied in
vaslon of Sicily, the British an
nounced today.
The raiders encountered bad
weather both on the outward and
return trips, the announcement said,
but the sky was clear over the target
area and they unloaded the usual
heavy concentration of bombs" on
their detectives.
Taking a different route going and
coming, the big bombers few round
Grip of approximately 1000 miles.
A communique, describing the at
tack as heavy and concentrated, i"
said Is bombers of the strong
force" we're lost.
The planes were dispersed on the
return fight because of the bad
weather. The first announcement
said the losses we're about normal
Tor Sucn an operation.
Attack Ground Targets.
Fighters and ghter-bombers at
tackled railway and other ground
targets In France, Holland and
Belgium while the Turin raiders
were engaged in the long-range
operation,
The raid was described authorita-
lively as part of the combined
operations now going on in the
Mediterranean"
Turin has been raided % times
since the START of the war, the last
time being the night of February 4,
when home-based British bombers
delivered a heavy and concentrated
attack on the city. Three planes
we're lost in that raid Turin is the
site of important Italian war in
dustries.
An Italian communique, broadcast
by the Rome radio, reported that
1Ol persons were killed and 203
injured last night and acknowledged
considerable damage.
The long flight negotiated by the
raiders was regarded here as par
ticularly remarkable because there
were only about six hours of dark
ness to cover the movement. 1t
was indicated that the homeward
route was we'll to the west of the
direct air line.
Passage of the British planes over
Europe touched off afraid alerts in
Bern, Geneva and other cities in
Switzerland shortly after midnight,
the Berlin radio said. The alerts
were said to have lasted about three
hours.
A German broadcast recorded by
the Associated Press said bombs had
dropped at four places in Switzer-
land but caused no casualties. One
British plane, the broadcast said.
crashed near Bouveret on Lake
Geneva, killing the crew of four.
Even before the night raiders had
returned, formations OF Allied air.
craft were seen setting out across
the English Channel in the direction
of Northern France to continue the
offensive against Europe by day
light.
Some were heard returning an
hour later from the direction OF
Boulogne.
Nails Raid Coast.
German air raiders carried out a
sharp attack last night on British
northeast coast town, causing nu-
merous casualties and damaging
scores of buildings. Rescue work
ers still we're digging in the ruins
this morning in search Of dead and
injured.
One bomb scored a direct hit on
a shelter in which more than 80
persons had taken refuge, but only
one occupant was injured.
The German radio identified the
British town as Grimsby and re-
ported that other raids were
directed against the London area
and the British southeast coast. The
broadcast, recorded by the Asso-
ciated Press, acknowledged the loss
of one plane.
London had a brief alert during
the night when enemy planes new
inland over the southeast coast.
The southeast coast raiders drop
ped bombs which caused no dam
age. an Air and Home Security
Ministries communique said. 1t
edded that one enemy plane was