The German motor-vessel (16662 tons), of the Woermann Line, which has been detained here on the request of Messrs. Dreyfus Ca, of London, will unload 274 bales of British-owned wool, which were embarked at Port Elizabeth before was heard in the distance and planes were seen flying over coastal towns in the area. A believed to have been a Heinkel, over the Suffolk coast flew fre! Later in the day anti-aircraft when anti-aircraft guns opened
batteries on both the Kent and Essex sides of the Thames estuary opened fire when a plane, reported to have been a German machine, passed over, flying at a great height. The aircraft i over the Essex coast. During the morning people in Central London heard gunfire coming from the direction of the Thames Estuary.
An Air Ministry communique announces: "Shortly after 11 am. an enemy aircraft crossed the east coast and was later observed over the estuary, where anti-aircraft opened fire. Fighter patrols were sent up and drove the enemy out to sea."
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