BERLIN RAIDED

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21220, 17 September 1940, Page 5

BERLIN RAIDED

TWICE IN ONE NIGHT PRESSMEN RESTRICTED NO TOURS OF INSPECTION (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) [ LONDON, Sept. 16 Berlin had an air-raid alarm from 11.28 to 11.57 last night. The Germans claim that the raiders were driven back. A second alarm was sounded after midnight and lasted for half-an-hour. This was the first time the people of Berlin have been disturbed twice in one night by British raiders. The German news agency claims that 71 British aircraft were shot down on Sunday. The Germans lost 20 machines. Foreign correspondents in Berlin, states the Times, have been informed that tours of inspection of bombed areas have ceased. Any correspondent attempting without authority to visit these areas, or sending out reports differing from official accounts, will be instantly expelled from Germany. No correspondent can send out accounts of air raids before the official story has been despatched. The public is also prohibited from visiting bombed areas. The German radio, reporting that margarine factories would soon be producing again, gave away the fact that they have been closed for the last two months. Attacks on Berlin Last night the Royal Air Force bombed military objectives in Berlin, states an Air Ministry communique, which adds: Further heavy attacks were made on concentrations of war supplies, barges and shipping at the dockyards and ports of Hamburg, Wilhelmshaven, Antwerp, Flushing, Ostend, Dunkirk, Calais and Boulogne. Other forces of Royal Air Force bombers attacked distribution centres ot Hamm. Osnabruck, Soest and Krefeld, and goods yards at Hamburg. A railway junction at Rheine was also bombed. Direct hits were made on an enemy warship off Tereshelling and an oil tanker and supply ship in the Elbe Estuary were severely damaged. From all these extensive and successful operations all our aircraft returned safely.