350 NAZIS LAUNCH ATTACK YESTERDAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 215, 10 September 1940, Page 7

350 NAZIS LAUNCH ATTACK YESTERDAY.

HEAVILY ENGAGED. Canadians Fight Fiercest Battle. British Official Wireloss. (Reed. 2.30 p.m.) RUGBY. S<?pt. 9. Between 5 and 6 p.m. on Monday, after a morning of calm, Germany launched another 350 aircraft at south-east England and the London area. Successive waves of bombers and fighters crossed the coast between the North Foreland and Hastings. Wherever they turned, they were engaged by Royal Air Force lighters, new squadrons taking up the attack from point to point. As the enemy crossed the Kentish coast British lighters were ready. They fought them over the rolling woods of Sussex, across the hoplields of Kent, above the commons and downs of Surrey and over the streets and houses of London. They pursued them '»ack over the English Channel. On the return journey anti-aircraft guns also helped to harass the enemy. The evening objective apparently included R.A.F. stations in southern England and various industrial targets as well as Loudon. Many of the enemy, however, were driven back before reaching any objectives inside London. The Royal Canadian Squadron of the R.A.F. fought probably their greatest battle over the streets of London itself. They met the enemy on the south side of the Thames and chased them up the river from London Bridge to Hammersmith. They destroyed three Dornier bombers, three Mestsc-schmitt II) tighter-bombers, and four Mes<e.-chmitt 109's.