KIEL ATTACKED
BRITISH BOMBERS GERMAN SHIPS OF WAR SEVERE DAMAGE DONE CASUALTIES SUFFERED AT LEAST TWO INVOLVED (Reed. Sept- 5, noon.) LONDON, Sept. 5. British bombing planes last night carried out an attack on portion of the German Fleet lying at the mouth of the Kiel Canal. One battleship was severely damaged by several direct hits, and another vessel at the mole was also much damaged. The attack was carried out under unfavourable conditions. The German interceptor planes and antiaircraft fire caused some casualties among the British bombers.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20034, 5 September 1939, Page 5
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88KIEL ATTACKED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20034, 5 September 1939, Page 5
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