BRITISH WARSHIPS
ATTACK BY PLANES 150 GERMANS ENGAGED NO VESSELS STRUCK » FISHERMEN’S STORY (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Oct. 13, 2.50 p.m.) OSLO, Oct. 12. Norwegian fishermen oft Viking Bank in the North Sea were eye-wit-nesses of the engagement between British warships and German planes on Monday. They said they first heard heavy gunfire and saw about 150 planes attacking five British warships. Their boat was caught in the battle, high explosive bombs dropping nearby. The warships were going at full speed, zig-zagging and blazing away with their anti-aircraft, guns. The fishermen endeavoured to escape, but the battle followed them for some time. The warships finally disappeared to the west and the planes to the eastward. Shortly afterwards they heard a violent explosion and saw flames. Great red aeroplanes appeared from the west and circled over the scene and then vanished. The fishermen declared that no warship was hit.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20068, 14 October 1939, Page 7
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