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R.A.F. Plasters Essen
Heaviest Bembeð Citj
In Werld
LONDON, MAY 28TH .
IT was Essen’s turn again
last night. The R.A.F. pai its
56th visit to this city — the
most heavily hombed one in
the world — and although 27
aircraft wert lost, terrific
damage was wrought.
The German Transocean
News Agency today admits
very great damage to Essen.
The last raid on Essen was
four weeks ago, and that at-
tack brought the tonnage of
bombs the R.A.F. has unloaded
on the city to 10,000 tons, a
weight greater than the total
dropped by the Luftwaffe on
London, which is many times
the, size of Essen.
Together with Dortmund,
Duisburg and Diisseldorf, Es-
sen forms the very heart of
the German war industry.
Three of these objectives: Es-
sen, Dortmund and Diisseldorf
Jiave been raided this week.
These three raids have
taken place since one of the
leading German newspapers
said of the Ruhr population:
“. .. There is a limit to what
can be endured. That limit
has now been reached.”
The city of • Essen is more
heavily defénded than any
other city in the Reich. Besides
being the home of the great
Krupp Armament Works, it
has important coal mine in-
stallations, huge marshalling
yards, and hundreds of acres
packed with' i 'ífdn' > a-rid steel
foundries.
The Egyptian Government
has decided to recognise Libya
as liberated territóry as from
January 23rd 1943. Up to this
it was regarded as enemy terri-
tory.
Washiagtoíi
London, May 28th. Wash-
ington dispatches today re-
port that this statement was
issued by President Roose-
velt at the conclusion of his
tálks with Mr. Churchill,
and the conference between
British and American Staff
Chiefs: “The conference end-
ed in complete agreement on
future operations in all thea-
tres of war.”
One American correspon-
dent commented: “It’s brief
and to the point. It’s actions
and not words from now on.”
Hosqiítos Ské
Nazi ilass Wofks
London, May 28th.
R.A.F. Mosquitos yesterday
evening just before dusk,
struck a surprise blow at the
German war machine, when
they made a round trip of well
over a thousand miles to bomb
the greaí glass woks and Zeiss
optical instruments factories at
Jéna, 56 miles south-west of
Leipzig.
The Zeiss Works are the
biggést and most important of
their. kind in Germany, turning
out U-boat periscopes and air-
craft .bomb sights'för thé Luft-
waffe. The precision. .instru-
ments wprks aré‘ höused ;:in"’big
buiidings in the ’ middle of the
town, and are very heavily de-
fended.
Going over, our pilots had to
cope with balloon barrage, and
a terrific hail of fire from anti-
aircraft defences. In spite of
this they streaked in very low,
and several bombs bit the tar-
gets squarely.

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— Says Eden
London, May 28th.
Speaking in Portsmouth to-
day, the Foreign Secretary,
Mr. Anthony Eden, reaffirmed
Britain’s determination to
press home the offensive
against Italy until complete
victory had been won.
Mr. Eden first remainded his
listeners of Mussolini’s words
on November 18th 1940: “. . I
have asked for and received
the Fuehrer’s permission for
direct participatioxi in the air
war against Britain.”
WHEN IT WILL STOP
“Now Italy liés wide open to
attack,” the Foreign Secretary
said, and then proceeded to dis-
pel any lingering doubts the
Italian may have had of what
is coming to them. He said that
so long as Italy fights Hitler’s
war, we were determined to
hit Italy with all we have. “. .
It is for the Italian people to
decide whether they are going
to suffer this bombardment to
the bitter ena, or whether and
when it is going to stop. .
“We are not prepared to lend
attentive ears to any sugges-
tions from any quarters that
bombing be stopped. Some
people, whose voices are now
heard, were conspicuously sil-
ent when the Luftwaffe was
bombing the cities of Britain.
.. We have not started this . .
but we are going to see this
throqgh till the bitter end Axis
surrender; let.no one have any
illusipns about.that.” r’
Citrme For U. S. S. S.
• London. Sir Walter Citrine,
and other members of the Brit-
ish Trade Union Congress are
leaving for Russia shortly.
Their prime object is to see
how further co-operation be-
tween trade unionists of both
countries -to help the war ef-
fort can best be achieved.
AUtes StlU Bomblng
Sardinían Targets
London, May 28th. The Al-
lied Air Force in the Mediter-
ranean has been out again over
Sardinia and Pantellaria, shoot-
ing down a number of enemy
planes and destroying many on
the ground.
These two islands are being
given no respite. A formation
of Mitehells with a fighter es-
cort yesterday attacked the
j much bombed aerodrome at
Villacidro, and Marauders
went for Decimomanu airfield
near by. On this airfield alone
they dropped 4,000 fragmenta-
tion bombs.
As the Allied bombers were
about to turn for home, they
were attacked by 30 German
and Italian fighters, seven of
which the bombers shot down,
six others being destroyed by
their escorts.
Allied attacks against Axis
shipping in the Mediterranean
are reported. Two enemy sail-
ing vessels were sunk off the
south-east coast of Greece, and
a Junkers 88 wás destroyed
over the Aegean Sea.
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S erals, governers, and other S
§ high officials have arrived in •
• Algiers, who have been wait- s
S ing for the expected talks S
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