LIMITED BY WEATHER

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 291, 7 September 1942, Page 6

LIMITED BY WEATHER

Bombing Of Germany During August

(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Sept. 4,

Unfavourable weather conditions during August limited bombing operations over Germany. Bomber Command machines attacked on 12 nights, generally in strength. Bombers also operated over Germany or occupied territory on five days. The attacks on Kassel, Saarbruckeii, Frankfurt, Mainz and Duisburg were heavy, and outstanding daylight operations were single, bomber -attacks on Hanover, Wilhelmshaven, Frankfurt and Emden. . In the Middle East,-58 targets were attacked throughout the month. Though continuous throughout . the month, the German attacks on Britain were consistently light and scattered wit* l results in no way comparable with those of the R.A.F. offensive. . The enemy lost, in all, 161 aircrait. The R.A.F. lost 271. In the Middle East including Malta, the Axis lost 86 planes and the Allies lost 106.

Nazis Give Double Holiday. The concession of four weeks double holiday for Essen war workers is believed to be an attempt to offset the effects of the thousand-bomber raids. Berlin radio says z “The German labour front has arranged to send these deserving workers to recreation homes in various parts or the country for restful leave. Last May Mr. Churchill told the German civil population that Britain intended to deal . with . u . long list of German cities m which industries vital to the German war machine were established, and advised them to leave cities where munition work was being carried on. Willy-nilly, this advice was now being taken, according to German press reports.

The "Danziger Vorposten” reported that 5000 to 6000 people are being transported to the Danzig district, and another paper described how 700 families and some 2500 Rhinelanders arrived in the Wartho district of occupied Poland.

Describing departures from Cologne the “Deutsche Beobachter - ’ said that the majority of the travellers had suffered as a result, of air raids and were now to find rest and recreation for some time in east Prussia.