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Hamburg heavily bombed.
R. A. F. strike in retaliation for Coventry.
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Hotels, Hospitals, bouses
damaged in one of Lon-
dons heaviest raids.
London, Nov. 16th.
London, Nov. 16th.
Last night bomber squadrons of the R.A.F. carried
°ut an exceptionally heavy raid on Hamburg. As on the
previous occasions when Hamburg has been raided, the
wain targets were railway communications, ship yards,
docks, oil refineries and public utility services. All the
targets were hit and all the British planes returned safely.
In the docks and the railway stations many fires were
started and in one place a big building was completely
demolished. In the Altona district a large electric station
^as hit and a gas works north of Hamburg bombed.
The raid on Hamburg was the main feature of R.A.F.
operations last night but attacks were also made on Kiel,
Ostende and Calais. One German plane, a Messerschmitt
109 was shot down.
Throughout the day the Ger-
mans have been contradicting
each other about the raid. They
a11 agree, however, that Ham-
hurg was actually bombed by
heavy British forces. German
ne\vs agencies say that only
hospitals, churches and shops
Were hit and promise severe
the British bombers did not
drop bombs only but also leaf-
lets bearing messages of en-
couragement to the Polish
people.
Hermans gloating over
Coventry.
London, Nov. 16th.
The King visited Coven-
try to-day and in a tour of
the city saw the results of
yesterday night’s ruthless
bombing.
The Lord Mayor of Lon-
don’s Relief Fund has sent
three thousand blankets
to Coventry to the home-
less people there.
The Germans are gloa-
ting over their indiscrim-
inate raid on Coventry
and the attack is hailed in
Berlin as having been car-
ried out by traditional
German thoroughness.
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Last night’s raid on Lon-
don was one of the heaviest
the city has ever experien-
ced. Damage was chiefly
confined to houses, shops
and offices. Four of the raid-
ers were shot down.
To-day enemy activity
over Britain has been very
slight. A town in East An-
glia has been bombed and
there are reports of German
planes having appeared at
two points in the Hebrides.
In London last night an in-
tense anti-aircraft barrage kept
the raiders at such a height
that accurate aiming was im-
possible. People say that never
before have they known so
many raiders over at night.
The noise was so loud and con-
tinuous that it must have come
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reprisals.
IN ONE DAY THEY SHOT DOWN 37 GERMAN AIRCRAFT
There are also reports of suc-
Cessful operations carried out
by aircraft of the Coastal
Command. Their attacks rang- :
ed from Stavanger in Norway I
to towns in France. A Hudson !
Plane patrolling the Danish :
c°ast destroyed a Heinkel
bomber and narrowly escaped
collision with the German
Plane when it crashed into the
sea.
American correspondents in
Vichy have described the de-
Vastating attacks on Le Havre.
Thousands of German troops
have left the city and a great
part of the civilians too. Ship
yards and barracks have been
completely wrecked and every
barge between Rouen and Le
Havre has been sunk. During
°ne attack by the R.A.F. 500
buildings were wrecked when
bombs fell on an ammunition
train which was blown up. Oil
refineries and tanks have been
wiped out.
In the recent raid on Danzig,
Flying the new Defiants of the British Royal Air Force, this squadron shot down 37 German
aircraft in one day without loss to itself. One gunner alone accounted for eight enemy planes.