Worthy of note was the fact that during the past fow days the RAF. has "almost continuously" bombed Lorient, indicating an effort to blast juan submarines out of the bay of Biscay. Tons of heavy explosive bombs have been dumped on the Lorient" waterfront. where German submarines appeared to be eancentrated.
September 118 raids have ried out against Lorient the RAF. Severe damage was said to. be inflicted on' the. port cartier raids despite one of the strong next concentrations of anti-aircraft batteries yet encountered by British Reports from the English Channel coast last night said that Neavy ex. plosions had been heard throughout the afternoon from the direction of the French coast. RAAF, bombers were believed to have sprung a sur Prise daylht alsace on German 'The RAF, planes could be heard bombing' the "French coast a few Hours after Messerschmitt fighter planes, carrying one bomb each, car-during which a. fuet spot was completely destroyed and nieh damage roused, R.A.P. bombers Bombs burst on quays, among. cranes and warehouses, on and around 4 power station {0 the south-west of the town, causing large fires with dense columns of smoke, Photo-reconnaissance also was made ever Durazzo.
"In Hatlan ast Afrien Bahai (Lake Tana). was raided and as a result of a dive attack two large fires were started on wharves which were St burning an hour Jater. At Zula enemy flying boat was machine-rammed at its mooring and sunk. A Harmit Island was bombed anid gunned and other military objectives attacked.
"At Aroza, north of Lake Tana, 3 aerodrome was raided and all Bombs Fell well within the ta enemy attempted a Monday but the torn up by accurate anti-aircraft fire, Our fighters engaged the enemy and one Muechi 200 was shot down into the sea, the pilot being killed, now established that alto-well 30, German one Hatian p were shot down on Armistice Dis, chiefly during attacks om cast coast shipping, British warships protecting a convoy in the North Sea on that day aunted for five German raiding miralty communique, brought two of the Junkers dive-bombers tacking the convoy, The successes of the warships Ju addition to those claimed by RAF. Sghters, who are reported to. nother eight of of the French National Committee, it al- was learned yesterday.
General Catroux visited Free ore French unite fighting alongside British troops on the western desert ud he is at present on the Liby out, said informed sources.—United Press Fed out a dive bomb attack on two south-west const English towns,. Four fcivitians were killed in one town before one of the German planes wax shot down.
Later large British guns along the coast fired several salvoes across the straits into German positions. The British coast shook from the concussion of the heavy guns.
The Air Ministry meanwhile issued 8 communique announcing that the Bomber command on Tuesday night attacked German oil plants at Gelsen~ Kirehen, Cologne and the inland port of Duisburg-Ruhrot. Railway centres fand factories in the Ruhr district and hear Cologne also were blasted by British bombs, the communique said.
British bombers on Tuesday also raided Lorient and the docks at Flushing and Dunkirk, the communi. que added, Several German acro-'Aromes also were bombed, it was said. British losses were put at only one plane missing—United Press.
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