A German escort vessel of the Konigin Lule type was hit by a torpedo when Swordfish alreratt of the Fleet Ait Arne yesterday carried fut an attack with torpedoes against a German auxiliary vessel with Naval escort The attack followed the location of to the Admiralty, aircraft returned Reuter Devastating Raids on Reich London, July 25.
London, July:
Atter accounting for '12 German aircraft over Britain, the Royal Air Force capped an extremely ful day by staging deva over Germany and German-occupied. territory Tast- night, Aireratt factories at Gotha, Hassel and Wenzendorf, of! depots at Han burg and Gelsenkirehen, "railway. communications, yards, antiaaiveraft batteries, searchlights and 12. aero~ dromes were amon objectives in Holland and Germany. attacked by aircraft of the Bomber Command, 'A German fighter which attempted to intercept one of the British bomb: ers was shot down. One British, blame' was shot down during the Subsequently. Coastat_ Command aircraft, departing from their usua\ patrol duties, attacked oil tanks in Dunkirk harbour, shot down a Ger~ man flying-boot off the north-east coast of Scotland, and attacked el! tanks at Flushing and docks at Amsterdam, yesterday's raids over Britain. German planes dropped bombs on town in southeast Enaland, causing: slight damage and a few casualties.
Earlier, some bombs were dropped fon a disiriet in southwest Scotland, but little damage way done and no one was. seriously. injured The big air Lattle over the south-cast cuast_ of England yesterday between 60 British and German aircraft was witnessed by a young. man just se cepted for service in the TAR, He wish had been up"
'This RAP. recruit saw a German Aghter, from which the pilot baled out, dive and crash. He' cos 30 thrilling was it that forgot their qun danger from flying bullets and stood peering up into the The Minister of Pensions has 1ed_an amended scheme of cor pensation for physical injury sustain civilians as a direct result of Hike operations, the effect of which is to insure' the whole civil employed at that time. The "new scheme increases aliowances and pensions to meet the rise in the cost of living.
married man with two ehildcen ow receive £2135. 1d. a week. totally disabled.
Already" 127 pensions have bea granted under the scheme either for serious disablement or to widows.
The Ministry states that it deals expeditiously with pensions, and in one ease the widow of an air-raid warden, who died on duty, received a pension, within 24 hours of his death—Reuter.
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