London, Aug. 21 Wave after wave of enemy planes. approached the south-east coast yes terday and for two hours there was noise of a terrific battle, the result fof which is not yet known. of 20 inge its course by a terrific barrage of antiaircraft shells. A second formation algo. was driven away and escorting fighters, after unsuccessfully attacking a balloon barrage, were chased out to sea by fighters. Dive bombers attacked a south-east coast aerodrome but, it Is believed, caused only slight damage before they were driven away.
'A communique issued by the Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Secur~ ity stated that during Tuesday morn-Ings enemy activities over Britain were comparatively slight. Bombs were dropped on two towns, one in Esso und one in South Wales. At both plices houses were hit and some per= sons killed or injured. The number of fatalities was small Bombs were dropped also on a South Wales port. Damage was slight. Tu the afternoon enemy aircraft proached the south-east coast in stronger force. An Enst Anglian town was attacked but no casualties were reported. Damaye was conned to broken windows, the main objective of the afternoon attack appears to have been an aevodrome on the south const, but the enemy showed no desire to press home the attack and few aircraft sueceeded in penetrating defences.
Anmage was done, the statement con-
'A few persons wore killed and sev eral injured when a south-west town was bombed last night. At south-west town pedt_over a be mien the machine fired a burst guards on duty on top of a dif. The plane then disappeared in elouels with, pittite on its tail. It apparently managed to escape in the elouels, Incomplete reports showed three enemy aircraft were shot down by fighters, bringing the total for the day te four. One plane was brought down by the Polish Squadron of the RAF.
It is now established that eight more enemy aiverafl were destroyed anti-aiveratt fire on Sunday and that_a Ger boat down by a fire north-cast coast on Monday night, according to an Air Ministry communique—Reuter.
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