The Archive · 1940

11 Nazi Bombers Brought Down

Bitter Attacks Launched by Germans Over — Britain Meet with Determined Defence

London, July 20, jets swept over Britain today, dropping bombs and Ethiopian Emperor Returns to Sudan London, July 29.

Halle Selassie, former Emperor of Ethiopia, arrived In' Sudan late in June after a secret airplane fight irom "England, it was learned here Jast night, 'The Ialians had no knowledge of the Negus' presence in Africa tit several days after his arrival, st was ald.

'The British Government arranged facilities for the former Emperor to return fo cast Africa at the Negus' Fequest, following Maly's entry into the European war.

"Accompanied by his eldest son and two members of his royal suite, without a war plane and engaging British fighting planes in deadly aerial combat] cicort, non-s'op German-ce over lespread areas, following yesterday's mass raids, which] <uPied France to to" Alexandria, where were considered the most severe of the war.

June 26, according to information se-German bombers were reported to have been active today|ieased here United Press, over southeast and southwest Scotland and southwest and northeast England, where the heaviest an ireraft fire was heard.

In south-east Scotland, fires were visible near a mining town, The fires appeared to be stretched over a distance of a mile.

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