ENEMY DRIVEN BACK

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 August 1940, Page 5

ENEMY DRIVEN BACK

AFTER SUFFERING LOSSES IN THAMES ESTUARY BATTLE. FACTORY IN ANOTHER AREA DAMAGED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.50 a.m.) LONDON, August 28. • The battle over Kent and the Thames Estuary raged for half an hour. The enemy forces were dispersed and driven back after- suffering losses. Twenty-four bombers flew over a south-east coast town this afternoon and dropped six bombs, damaging nine public houses, several restaurants, a number of shops and private houses. There was only one casualty. Three high-explosive bombs extensively damaged a south-western factory.

Bombs also fell in isolated country districts.

Seven incendiary bombs were dropped near a factory, but not much damage was done.

GERMAN REPORT

(Received This Day. 11.5 a.m.) BERLIN. August 28

A communique states: “Poor visibility yesterday confined our air force activities to armed reconnaissance, in which bombs were dropped on harbour installations at Gosport.

“Last night strong German air units attacked harbour works, aircraft factories and armament plants in England and Scotland. Fires which broke out in Southampton, Aberdeen, Derby, Birmingham and the docks at Chatham particularly showed the effects of the raids.

“British planes dropped bombs in Germany last night to no effect worth mentioning. Three British planes were shot down. One of ours is missing. “A U-boat sank 28.600 tons of British merchant shipping from a strongly protected convoy.

“German naval guns shelled, and probably destroyed, two submarines off the f'Teneh coast.