THRILLING SCENES

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21225, 23 September 1940, Page 7

THRILLING SCENES

FIERCE BRITISH ATTACKS GERMAN INVASION BASES “SEVERELY PLASTERED” i (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON. Sept. 22 With the weather ideal for an attempt at invasion, the Royal Air Force for some hours on Saturday night delivered the fiercest attack it has yet made on the German invasion bases. A big audience in England watched the continuous illumination for miles along the French coast, the reflection on the sea of the flames from burning buildings and the flashes of bursting bombs stretching across the Channel to the coast of Kent. Boulogne, Calais and Dunkirk were severely plastered, but there was no port or inlet along the coast that did not receive a visit during the night. Scores of searchlights were in operation, and watchers described the scene as the most thrilling of the war so far. These raids have been going on for a fortnight, except last Tuesday night, when bad weather forced invasion craft to scatter. The Royal Air Force made up for it with a daylight hammering. Barges and ships were bombed for five and a-half hours. From all the operations two machines failed to return. No official details are yet available regarding last night’s operations, but German losses in men and materials are believed to have been heavy.

Several hundred Dutchmen have been interned in Germany as a •’reprisal for the maltreatment of Germans in the Dutch East Indies.”