NAZI BIG GUNS IN ACTION

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21191, 14 August 1940, Page 7

NAZI BIG GUNS IN ACTION

CASUALTIES AND DAMAGE IN ENGLAND RANGE OF 40 MILES MYSTERIOUS INCIDENT (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 14, 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, August 13 A mysterious incident, for which there is no official confirmation, occurred on the south east coast cm August 12, where, after an explosion damaging several houses, a piece of metal resembling part of the nosecap of a shell was picked up. The authorities are now examining heavy fragments of grooved steel which were picked up. Two people were killed and a number injured in one explosion. People attributed the explosion to gunfire in the district, alternatively, to shelling from long-range German batteries across the Channel. It is learned that some damage was done in other parts. One explosion tore through the upper storey of two houses, levelling the rooftops. Another house had its front exposed as though cut with a knife. Residents think the damage was caused by shellfire, because no aeroplanes were overhead when four explosions occurred. The Berne correspondent of the American Press says reports are current that guns around Calais and Dunkirk, with a range of 40 miles, have already opened fire, laying a barrage behind Dover. A report has also been received from New York that the Germans are shelling Britain from France.