The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03

campaign of harassment against Leverkusen, Nazi chemical and pols- on gas manufacturing town in the suburbs of Cologne. The Germans reported that the Leverkusen raid- CTS included mosquitoes.
 The third night blow fell on the Pas De Calais strip of the French coast, which has been under almost constant attack since the pre-inva- sion bombardment was put on Q nonstop basis subject only to the worst weather. Residents of south east England heard the explosions of the big bombs dropped on the NaN military installations studding the coast across the narrowest reach of the Channel.
 The latest series of two-way blows at Axis Europe were announced while Allied air circles were hail. ing the first American shuttle raid involving the use of bases in Russia yesterday as completing the bomb- ing encirclement of Germany.
 The shuttle attack, in which fly. Ing Actresses landed at newly built American bases in Russia after bombing unidentified targets in Ro- mania, served warning that German industry, troop concentrations and other targets hitherto beyond the reach of American and British bombers now were within easy at- tack range.
 Lending added weight to the threat was the RATS disclosure that It's bomber command alone dropped record 10000 tons of explosives on Axis Europe last month, bringing to 10000 or more tons the weight of bombs unloaded by all types of AL lied. planes based in Britain and Italy on Hitler's fortress in May.
 Heavyweights
 The RATS heavyweights from Britain last night divided a great weight of block busters and fire bombs among Germany's Atlantic wall defenses on the French coast, the railway center of Trappes on the outskirts of Paris, and Leverkusen. a German chemical and poison gas manufacturing city in the northern suburbs of Cologne.
 The NaN Paris radio said the RAF also attacked Saumur, 40 miles west Of Tours on the main railway line between Paris and St. Nazaire Tor the third straight night but this was not confirmed.
 German night fighters Syarnlee out ln force to meet the raiders. and seven NaN planes were shot down seventeen British bombers were lost m the three main raids and in sub sidiary mine-laying operations.
 EAF bombers based in Italy, meantime, struck at Giurgiu, Ro- manian communications center 40 miles southwest of Bucharest. dur ing the night.
 Though the home bases of the FIylng FortresSes which landed in Russia yesterday after a shuttle at. tack on Romania were not an. nounced, it was possible the planes were part Of a force of nearly 750 neavy bomberS from Italy which hit iive railway yards in eastern Hun gary and Pennsylvania.
 All five railway junctions-Cluj and Simeria in Pennsylvania and Mlkolc, Szolnok and SzeQred in Hungary-were key communications centerS on the German supply and reinforcement routes to the eastern front.
 $500 Tons
 Altogether more than 4.5O0 Amer ican and British planes from British and Italian bases dropped nearly $500 tons of explosives on Axis Eu- rope yesterday.
 Up to l,500 heavy bombers and fighters made the greatest daylight assault of the war on the Germans Atlantic wall defenses in the Pas De Calais area of northern France yesterday, and later in the day an- other big force of Foftresses, Lib- orators and fighters attacked mili- tary targets west and southwest of Paris.
 Seven bombers were lost in the raids in the Paris area but all planes returned safely from the coastal at- tack.
 British fighters and fighter bombers attacked German motor transport in offensive sweeps over raods in northern France. Belgium and Holland. while 9th U. s. Air Force Marauders, Havocs and Thunderbolts hit railways lines, bridges and other targets in north ern France.