VARIED NIGHT ON SOUTH COAST

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 226, 21 June 1944, Page 5

VARIED NIGHT ON SOUTH COAST

Gunfire In Channel

(By Telegraph. —Press Ac’bli. —Copyright.! (Received June 20, 11.50 p.m.)

LONDON, June 20.

Enemy activity last night over southern England and parts of eastern Scotland is reported. Damage and casualties resulted in southern England, where residents had a variety night. First, there were visits from pilotless bombers, some of which were destroyed. Then came the sound of sharp and heavy gunfire from the Straits of Dover area, suggesting a naval engagement in the Channel near the French coast. Finally there was cross-Channel shelling.

The variety show lasted from midnight till after dawn, when Allied planes began going out across the Channel to continue the" great air offensive. Fighters from dawn yesterday were circling the sky of southern England attacking pilotless planes, which continued to eome over throughout the day. Twice yesterday Fortresses and Liberators and also R.A.F. Lancasters were over France, attacking launching platforms for the Germans’ pilotless planes in the Pas de Calais area. Rocket installations in the Pas de Calais area and on the northern coast of France have been one of the primary objectives of Marauders and Havocs since last November. They have carried out more than 7000 individual attacks against them and dropped nearly 11.000 tons of high-explosives.