BRITISH PEOPLE PLEASED

Southland Times, Issue 24233, 17 September 1940, Page 5

BRITISH PEOPLE PLEASED

Discussions Of R.A.F.

Successes (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received September 16, 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 16. The success of the Royal Air Force has been a wonderful tonic to the British people. In London and all over the country, in buses and railway carriages, in shops and cafes, the sole conversation has been about Britain’s success.

The story of Britain’s greatest day of the war is splashed all over the front pages of the American Press, one newspaper saying that the bulwark of civilization is still holding out. The New York Herald-Tribune says that numbers of German raiders were turned back before they reached London. The London correspondent of The New York Herald-Tribune says that the Germans reverted to suicide mass attacks. British fighters using the

clouds as cover, pounced on the raiders, shot them down or sent them scurrying back across the Channel. The London correspondent of The New York Times says that Britain is holding her own. There is no sign of weakness; in fact the defences are stronger and more defiant. The New York Times says that although all eyes are on the coast of England another series of engagements should not be overlooked. This is the Royal Air Force’s relentless attacks on German bases from Norway to the Bay of Biscay. The tale cannot be told fully, because of the lack of correspondents on the scene and the German censors. However, it is known that fires and explosions have been seen, that British bombers have been in action, that light naval forces have been thrown in and behind all waits the Grand Fleet.