"Tanks, armoured vehicles and troop concentrations forming the vanguard of the enemy advance to. wards French Channel ports were again heavily bombed yesterday by strong forces of Blenheim aircraft," stated the Air Ministry last night. "For more than six hours, until gathering dusk made recognition of troop movements impossible relays Of aircraft kept up am almost continuous assault with bombs and machine-guns, causing damage and confusion over a wide area, "Among the first targets successfully attacked in the afternoon was a column of lorries and armoured fighting vehicles caught on the move, Direct hits were scored on lorries by six Blenheims attacking individually, and bombs were seen to burst on roads among the column, over a distance of 600 yards, As each ai craft approached to bomb, it was subjected to a barrage of well-aimee pom-pom fire from about 30 guns, Having released their bombs, the Blenheims turned their attention to the gun crews, attacking them with machine-gun fire, "Another force of Blenheims delivered individual attacks on a number of targets, and later arrivals found lorries and cars hit by earlier bombing attacks blazing by the roadside,
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