TWO STATIONS HEAVILY HIT

Evening Star, Issue 23680, 13 September 1940, Page 7

TWO STATIONS HEAVILY HIT

R.A.F. CRACKS OH THE PACE MOST WIDESPREAD ATTACKS OF WAR (British Official Wireless.) Pi-ess Association—By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, September 12. (Received September 13, at noon.) Perhaps the most widespread attack of the war so far on military objectives in Germany and German-occupied territory was carried out last night by the R.A.F. It is officially stated that bombers again carried out a big raid on Berlin last night, straddling the Potsdam station with heavy calibre bombs, followed by incendiaries. Bombers hit buildings and tracks at Anhalter, near Potsdam, and in a series of runs over the target repeated salvoes struck the goods yards at both stations. Bombs fell on the Tiergarten and the Templehof aerodrome. One of our planes was damaged, but all returned. Our planes machine-gunned motor torpedo boats from low altitudes. CHANNEL CONVOY ATTACKED. An Air Ministry communique states that Coastal Command aircraft yesterday attacked an enemy convoy off Dunkirk, sinking one enemy supply ship. Another force of Coastal Command aircraft, operating with the Fleet Air Arm, attacked a convoy off Cap Gris Nez, hitting one enemy supply ship, which was left burning, and seriously damaging another. In the course of this attack our aircraft encountered a force of enemy fighters and bombers, three of which were destroyed and others damaged. Three of our aircraft were lost. OVER GERMANY, Last night strong forces of bomber aircraft carried out attacks on railway stations, goods yards, and an aerodrome at Berlin, docks and shipyards at Hamburg, Bremen, and Wilhelmshafen, the oil plant at Monheim, the explosives factory at Frankfurt, goods yards at Hamm, Cologne, Coblenz, Mannheim, and Ehrang, the railway junction at Namur, and enemy aerodromes in Germany and Holland. Other forces of bombers attacked barge concentrations, docks, and shipping at Ostend, Flushing Calais, and Boulogne. Three of our aircraft did not return. CZECHS IN ACTION. The Air Ministry News Service stated that the Czech bomber squadron formed in England raided enemy territory for the first time when it participated in the successful attack on the railway goods yard fit Brussels. CASUALTIES IN BERLIN. The Rome radio stated that the R.A.F. raid on Berlin on the night of September 10-11 resulted in 1,753 casualties. ATTACK ON DOVER LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY DUEL i LONDON, September 12. The convoy, of at least 12 large enemy ships, was sighted near Cap Gris Nez, en route to Boulogne. There they put up a smoke screen and were covered by a dive-bombing attack against Dover, which was also shelled by guns mounted on the French coast. The British guns replied, after which R.A.F. machines disappeared toward the French and Belgian coastlines. It is believed they were dropping bombs eastward of Calais. A long-range duel across the Channel continued after dark, interspersed by the chattering of the defence against lone German fighters and nine bombers. It was Dover’s severest shelling during the war. Some people were killed and others were wounded.

SMALL NUMBER OF DEATHS LONDON, September 12. (Received September 13, at noon.) It is believed that fewer than a dozen were killed in Dover during yesterday’s bombing and shelling. Rescue squads are still digging in the debris. Those killed include a three months old baby, a sentry, and also an aircraftman, who was pinned under some wreckage for hours. He repeatedly assured his rescuers, “ I am all right,” but died when freed. GERMAN COMMUNIQUE BERLIN, September 12. (Received September 13, at 10.45 a.m.) A communique states: British planes last night dropped many bombs on North German cities, including Hamburg, Bremen, and Berlin. Numerous fires started in residential districts and workmen’s quarters. Fourteen people were killed and 41 injured. Effective anti-aircraft fire and good A.R.P. work prevented greater damage. The British planes flew over Berlin at a great height. Incendiaries set fire to a factory in North-west Berlin, in addition to a number of houses and business premises. There were several small craters in the Tiergarten. EX-KING CAROL RESIDENCE IN PORTUGAL VICHY, September 11. Ex-King Carol of Rumania informed the French Government that he has 'received permission to live in Portugal.