ENEMY VERSION.
(Rec. 11.55 a.m.) BERLIN, Sept. 17. A communique states: “Our coastal batteries reopened fire on Dover yesterday, hitting several British merchantmen. Air activity was limited armed reconnaissance owing to unfavourable weather, but several aerodromes in the South of England and the Midlands, Whitby Harbour, and industrial works were effectively attacked. “Shortly before noon the reprisals against London were resumed at intervals. increasing in strength and continuing till the morning. Harbours, dockyards, and military objectives were bombed, and new fires were started. Liverpool was bombed at night. Two British planes were shot down and one was destroyed on the ground. The enemy refrained irom attacking Germany yesterday.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 249, 18 September 1940, Page 7
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108ENEMY VERSION. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 249, 18 September 1940, Page 7
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