Bombing and Machinegunning of Trawlers and Fishing Boats Angers London London, Dee, 21, HE recent German campaign of bombing and machine-gunning unarmed trawlers and small fishing vessels, which is provoking considerable indignation here, is generally considered to be a result {rom the failure of German endeavours both in the illegal mine-laying campaign and all other forms of sca warfare. SI per J. M. Balli, of the trawler Isabella Greig (210 tons), gives an account of how his ship was bombed and machine-gunned by German aircraft last Sunday—an example typical of many such cowardly and merciless attacks.
"Two aircraft recognized as twin-engined Heinkels, were sighted coming from the cast-south-cast, The trawler's crew of ten took cover. The aircraft came on flying low and passed, tone: on each side of the trawler, the gunners opening fire with their machine-guns. Altogether, Greig eight times, their wing-ti they turned. they circled over the Isabella ips neatly touching the water as During one short respite, the crew started to lower their" boat, but the aeroplanes returned, opened heavy fire and wounded two me Meanwhile, the skipper had, rear diMieuity, managed to. get off wireless signal." Pinay, the boat vas lowered and was pu to water, Fiddued with bullets, anda. water barrel: punctured. The crew, taking the two: wounded. with them, aban= feloned ship, and the aircraft went ff to dhe northeast.
When the boat was 500 yards away from the trawler, which" was HIN afloat, the aircraft returned and Onened fire onthe Boat, luckily without result, and dropped three more bombs.
British aeroplanes then appeared andthe Germans made off direction of home.
Tals trawler, entirely unarmed, was fying the British mercantile fag]
wes engaged in falling.
"The. German aircraft, itis stated, gave no warning) whsiover_ before pening fre. an apparently flown 850° miles irom. Germeny. for the set purpose of murdering Seot-{ish sherman, Evening "newspapers here _xive details of further similar outrages.
the night of December 19, it is naed, "the German announcer Drazenly. admitted. air attacks on 2 defenceless fishing vessels and tried {o excuse them by describing the essels an warships ahd naval
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