Prior to the carly morning raid, however, bombs were dropped. At the same time a sharp fight occurred and heavy anti-aircraft fire was heard.
'A few persons were reported killed In a north-cast town. where about 'a. dozen high explosive and some incendiary bombs - were dropped, badly damaging one house.
Seven whistling, _delayed-action bombs were hurled ona southwest town.
Bombs were dropped on Wales. northeast, southeast and "southwest England during the night.
three hours, the longest of the war. The fon Wales "Insted some Anti-craft batteries and British Aghting planes drove off repeated German assaults. slaugh against the British Isles. German aerial operations over Eng-Jand thus far have failed to approach the scale which they were expected to attain by this date.
An official British announcement yesterday revealed that during the period (rom April 10 to June 17, the Gate when "the Germans reached Paris, British planes carried out 101 raids against German industrial centres and 29 attacks on German acrodromes. "German naval units Wilhelmshaven, Emden, Cuxhaven and other. bases, oil depots, -munitions works, dockyards, aeroplane factories and power planis also have deen favourite objectives of British raids by day and night.
"An Alr Ministry communique fast night digelosed. that naval establish= ments at Wilhelmshaven and Bremen fand eight aerodromes in Holland. and Germany were the objectives of the atest British raids, which proceeded throughout the day and night Sature Gay. Other British bombing Squadrons blasted barge coneentr ions at Stavoren and off depots at Amsterdam and "Hamburg. Still others raided the Nord See Canal in Northern Holland.
The Air Ministry said that aircraft crossed the coasts of Britai during the night. O dee fence went into action. Bombs were dropped on several district, causing, some damage to houses, The num ber of casualties was small."
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