British guns from "Hell's Corner" around the cliffs replied and the artillery duel continued for nearly three hours across (He brightly moonlit channel.
Great explosions rocked towns on the English coast at intervals of three minutes. Hundreds of persons hur ried to vantage points on the cliffs to watch the spectacle.
RAF, airmen encountered intense counter fre while seeking targets on the French coast. Flashes of explode ing bombs, with bursts of shells and searchlight beams raking the sky lit up the entire area between Boulogne and Calais.
Meanwhile, the Air Ministry nounced the largest force of British bombers yet to attack Hamburg blasted that great industrial and communications centre during all Saturday night.
"Great bellowing red flames. surged over targets in Germany's second city and major port and in. dustrial centre, said the Air Minist: British raiders concentrated their longest attack of the war on Hamburg, the Air Ministry said.
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