Reconnaissance West Front Grows Livelier London, Oct. 31.
YING suddenly out of the cast, two German bombers attacked a destroyer flotilla south of Dogger Bank yesterday morning, but were beaten off without attaining their objectives, the Ad morally announced. There were no casualties among the crews of the warships and no damage was caused to the ships themselves. It was not definitely known whether the enemy planes had suffered any damage, the Admiralty added, Daring reconnaissance fights over north German aerodromes were carried out by Royal Air Force observation planes yesterday, the Air Mi istry announced last night, Despite enemy gunfire, it added, much valuable information was obtained and many photographs of military value were taken, Tokyo, Oct. 31 A British destroyer foiilla Tought two German bombers south of Doggerbank yesterday morning was believed one of the Nazi planes was forced down in the sea, was officially announced last night. No casualties were reported on the destroyers. Doggerbank is_midway between England and Denmark and in the heart of the North Sea blockade area.
Tt was believed that_a Germai plane which eye-witnesses in a coast town saw fly low over the north-cast coast and disappear out to sea might have been one of the bombers which al lacked the British destroyers. The plane was smoking, observers. said, and was flying ce low it barely cleared buildings and telephone res. After flying over the town, they said. the plane flew out to sea, barely missing a high cliff along the shore, and disappeared. Observers were' convinced the plane had crashed, Later, reports {rom Happisburgh, in Norfolk, said a German airman had been washed ashore there.
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