London, Apr. 16, Following extensive operations on Saturday penetrating o7 far aa. the Ruhr, the Royal Air" Force on Easter Monday continued daylight attacks fu ships off the enemy coesiline and on targets inland, The Air Ministry slates that convoy of supply ships with an escort Of Mghters.'ond naval patrol. vessels Was sighted and attacked off the Dutch coast by a number of RAP. planes and attacked from a low level. Bombs and machine-guns were used.
Poot visibility prevented observotion of the results in all cases, Dut a Supply. ship of about, 4,000 tons. wor fit"ana lett with clouds of "steam pouring out of it The power stations at Ley dnd the wirdest station at. Leyden Bombed, causing one of its pylons 10 Collapse. Troops guarding the station were machine-gunned, Gun emplacements near Azndvoort rae"! machine-gunned, Enemy Iie thone operations "but failed patrols were encountered dure
prevent the bombers pressing home Their attacks, "One RAF. plane fnissing from the operations. during Saylignt.
Weather Hampers Nazis with the weather across the Channel again unsuitable for ying, Nazi activity over Britain last night wax confined to visits from stray raiders.
Showers of incendiary bombs at 0 town on the north-east coast started fives, "which were "quickly extin~ guished, Very" little damage wax done, and the raiders were driven off by a heavy barrage. London had its fourth successive night without an alert, 'An, Air Ministry communique says there" was little enemy activity over this country Inst night, but bombs were dropped at points on the north= Jeast coast and in south England, Damage was not serious, but at one place on the south coast' there was a Jnumber of casualties, Including some persons Killed—Reuter, Ttalian General
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