HEAVY RAID ON SAARBRUCKEN

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 259, 31 July 1942, Page 5

HEAVY RAID ON SAARBRUCKEN

Important Coal And Rail Centre MUCH DAMAGE DONE (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) LONDON, July 30. Saarbrucken, centre of the Saar Basin coal-mining, heavy industries, iron and steel and engineering works, was attacked by a strong force of Royal Air Force bombers last night. Saarbrucken is also an important railway junction. The attack was heavy and concentrated, and preliminary reports state that much damage was done. Nine bombers are missing. Saarbrucken has been raided only once previously—in. November, 1940. This raid followed further daylight raids In Germany yesterday. It is now known that seven German planes were shot down yesterday in raids over England. The Midlands and j the eastern, counties were attacked, ■ the Birmingham area being again at- , tacked. Some damage was caused, and j there were some fatal casualties. ( A few planes passed over the London area, and the capital’s big guns went j into action. In the House of Commons a question was asked whether Britain and the United States were taking steps to in- t form Germany that the murder of any 1 more innocent hostages would be fol- t lowed by the destruction of German c towns. The deputy Prime Minister, ) Mr. Attlee, said that the R.A.F. bomb- < ing policy was to attack the enemy’s c most important points. It was no good e going round seeking small villages to I wipe. out. That was not the way to ' conduct an air force. I