Sunday Post - 08.12.1940, Qupperneq 1
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K. A. F. Attack German Aerodromes.
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Hangars and planes o.i ground
machine-gunned.
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London, Dec. 7th.
Last nights aerodromes in occupied France and the
Low Countries were successfully raided by large forces of
H*e R.A.F. The raids ranged far and wide and lasted several
hours. More than twenty enemy aerodromes were raided,
hombed and machine-gunned.
Two of the British aircraft did not return. It is sur-
prising that only two bombers were lost as the pilots went
^ low down as 500 feet and raked the fields and hangars
machine-gun fire. Nothing was spared to make the at-
*acks as efficient as possible.
raiding the interior of Greece,
concentrating its attacks on
undefended towns and villages
of no military importance
whatever.
British bombers have carried
out an unusually heavy attack
on Vallona the principal har-
bour in Albania. There were
terrible explosions and several
fires were started.
The resignal of Marshal
Badoglio has been followed
by the resignal of another It-
alian general, the military
governor of the Dodocanese
islands. According to Italian
official news, he was relieved
of his post by his own re-
quest. This man was one of
the four leaders of the fam-
ous March on Rome.
It is pointed out in London
and America that the signific-
ance of these resignals is a very
clear indication of internal con-
flict in Italy.
When the Fascists had made
a mess of things in Albania,
Marshal Badoglio was called
upon, but he did not want to
jeopardize his brilliant record
by accepting this commission
just in order to save some poli-
tician’s face. The Italian people
must now realize that the
Greek war was an adventure
entered upon by Signor Musso-
lini and his henchmen.
* one aerodrome in France
C Pi^ts saw fragments of bu-
Uigs flying in every direc-
1011 after what they described
^ a “spectacular explosion.”
ear Lille a store of petrol was
on fire and at another Ger-
rnan aerodrome several enemy
Planes on the ground were de-
stroyed.
1° the Low Countries the
father was worse* than in
nance. There were dense
cl°uds so that the pilots had to
sPend several hours in locating
their targets. One British bomb-
er was attacked by three enemy
fighters but succeeded in es-
caping.
Almost every aerodrome
from which the German plan-
es set out for raids on Britain
was searched out and heavily
bombed.
These extensive operations
did not interfere with the usu-
al raids on the invasion ports.
Boulogne, Le Havre and Ostend
were successfully bombed.
Greek advance in Albania.
Italian Fascists and Army at loggerheads
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London, Dec. 7th.
latest Greek communi-
^Ue has confirmed earlier re-
Pprts of the capture of St.
'‘<uaranta. The town was
CaPtured after heavy fight-
and the Greeks are pus-
^8 on north from the town a
TjPg the coast to Vallona.
he Italians had pillaged and
Prnt the town before they
Artillery and aircraft
ad hindered the Italians in
^y^euating the town by sea.
/^hen the Greek troops en-
^ed the town they saw an
Italian destroyer half sub-
merged in the harbour.
News agencies say that Ar-
gyrocastro has already been
abandoned by the Italians but
this news is not officially con-
firmed. One news agency even
reports that the Italians had
pillaged and burnt the town.
The most recent reports speak
of heavy fighting in the north
where the Greeks in spite of
snow and fog have occupied
new positions and captured
many prisoners.
The Italian air force has been
The indiscriminate bombing of London by the German raiders
•pares no historic landmark. These ornamental lamp-posts out-
side the Palace of Westminster, known to generations of Lon-
doners and visitors, are being removed and stored until after
the war.
Removed For Safety.