24 SHIPS ATTACKED
| RAIDS BY GERMAN PLANES .TRAWLERS BOMBED AND SUNK (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrig-nt) LONDON, Dec. 18 It is revealed that German aero- ; planes attacked a total of 24 ships in i raids yesterday in the North Sea and I the English Channel. I The trawlers Compagnus, Pearl j and Isabel Grieg were bombed and ■ sunk, and the Eileen Wray reached | port in a leaking condition, j Two German aeroplanes attacked the Eileen Wray. The first dropped ! eight bombs, and the other machinej gunned the crew 16 times as they j were lowering the boats, i The Compagnus was similarly at- ; tacked, and machine-gun bullets | killed a member of the crew as he I raced across the deck, and wounded j another. A bomb penetrated the j engine-room and the crew took to the i boat an-' J . were picked up by another | trawler. The Pearl was attacked off : the east coasi, and three men were wounded. London circles deny that German : aeroplanes reached Portsmouth, and I state that the German claims refer ! to trawlers, not warships. SHOTS FROM SUBMARINE GERMAN SHIP ATTACKED j 'United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Dec. 19 A submarine, believed to have i been Russian, fired 30 shells at the j German steamer Pillau without rei gistering a hit, says a message from { Stockholm.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20992, 20 December 1939, Page 7
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