The Archive · 1940

Invasion Bases Blasted

London, Sept. 18.

Invasion bases at Calais, Ostend and Dunkirk were blasted' by RAP. medium bombers in day!

Monday, the Air Ministry: announces, At Vere on the Dutch island of Walcheren, a concentration of barges a canal was bombed from a low altitude." Harbour installations and it Dunkivk and Ostend were low clouds, salvo of bombs was seen {to burst on the quayside of the cuter arbour.

A convoy of 12 barges and three escort vessels was intercepted and bombed off Zeebrugge. An attack also was made on three self-propelled. barges patrolling off Ostend Harbour, They have to and opened fire on sighting the aircraft"

Haamstede on Schouwen, Dutch, island, was raided in the early after-boon and bombs were dropped on an aerodrome in a high-level attack. Reuter,

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