The Archive · 1940

Details of Communique

Last Saturday night, strong forces of RAF, bombers made heavy sus-amed attacks on shipp parke concentrations, military. equipment fand stores assembled in Channel ports ud on distribution centres and lines com jon used by the enemy for the 1 of supplies, thus systematically breaking up the Ger man High" Command's invasion hine, according to the Air Minis-

The ports of Antwerp, Ostend, Plushi Dunkirk, Calais and Boulogne were heavily bombed, depots at "Osnabrueek, Mannheim, Aachen, Hamm, Krefeld, and Brussels and tait communications at Rheine, haus, Sundern,—Huston and Westhofen were attacked.

The British pilots pressed home their attacks In spite of severe weather conditions and heavy opposition from ground defence.

Much damage, the Ministry states, was done, particularly to docks Antwerp. "Gun emplacements at Cup Gris Nez and several aerodromes were also bombed, One British machine is missing.

Acrials Burned Of The raiders, service of the 2 declares the news istry, slew through appalling. weather, the aircraft being struck by lightning, while radio aerials were burned -off in. violent electric storms iced uD. mang: planes were 'Despite this, they struck heavy at the "front line' of the invasion Shannet ports in France, Holland gium and attacked bases, railw Potions and transport caalra Germany, whence come ils reserves of supplies, One of the night's most devastating onslaughts was made on Antwerp, which an earlier would-be invader of England escribed as the pointed at the heart of Raub Tiavoe was caused in the vast work of docks, warehouses and petrol Sheds on the banks of the Scheldt and shipping line in the stream Tage forces of bombers dropped nearly 40. tons of high-explosi bombs and more than 1,000 incen-

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