GERMAN REPORT
(Received This Day. 11.20 a.m.) BERLIN, August 11
A communique states: “A U-boat sank the armed merchantman Upwey Grange. The air arm undertook an extensive reconnaissance over Britain and the sea on August 10 and attacked an armed merchantman, the crew of which left the ship. Important British harbours were again mined. Bombers attacked aeroplane works at Norwich, setting fire to a machine repair shed. Newport, Swansea, Pembroke and explosive works at Hayle, near St Ives, were bombed on the night of August 10.
“Enemy planes flew over Northern and Western Germany, bombed nonmilitary objectives and hit a dwellinghouse at Oberhausensterkrade, another at Bielefeld and another at Bocholt, four houses and a barn at Bruchkoebel, near Hanau, and a hotel in the Tunster district. All fires were extinguished.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 August 1940, Page 6
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