Later another clash occurred well out over the North Sea where a German raider was reported to have been badly damaged by British pursult planes, 'The third battle occur-Fed off the North-east coast of Eng-and' where patrol fighters attacked two 'German bombers, Another aerial battle was staged off Aberdecnshire, Scotland; where British planes pursed a Junkers squadron into the clouds where it' was lost. Other British planes chased three Heinkel! bombers which were flying low over the water off Arbroath, The Admiralty announce that a British destroyer yesterday sank two U-boats which were attacking a convoy.
Fierce fights occurred over a wide area yesterday when German planes staged raids over many places on the British coast. One German machine was seen crashing near the Firth of Forth shortly after midday following an attack by patrols of the British air force fighter command, planes from "Amsterdam to London It fs believed to have been a Hein-were obliged to turn back yesterday kel bomber. The plane just, missed when the British authorities cancel-telegraph wires, and then struck a Ted permission to. land passengers. fence, The reason given was that weather Throughout the day German planes conditions were too bad, but were soon off the English and Scot-understood hat the activities of the ish coast, and invariably they were German alr force and attacks on ships engaged by British Aghter patrols. were behind the sation of the British Bombs were aimed at shipping dur-authorities.—Reuter, {ing the raids.
'OM Arbroath, British Aghters pur-'Two Helnkels Shot Down sued three Helakels flying low over London, Feb, 10. the water. Fighters also went to the assistance of a tanker which was be-Reinforced Royal Alr Force patrols ing bombed off Peterhead.—Reuter, yesterday struck at German raiders along the east coast of England, German Air Activity at Sylt shooting down two Heinkel bomb-Copenhagen, Feb. 10. ers and driving off other German Great aeroplane activity is reported planes which had resumed bombing from the German air base at Sylt, and strafing attacks on British coastal North Frisian island.
Shipping. British sources said two About 6 pin, yesterday 150 planes other German raiders were believed wore seen in the alr at one time, fo have been seriously damaged in while later five squadrons were seen four battles between RAF. and Gerfying westwards. Four passenger man planes, reports from Copenhagen. Finnish leeses are also considerable, but have not been given.
The Russians have more men on the Isthmus than they know how to use and, according to one Finnish commander, they appear to have overloaded" the region and made iMleulties for themselves in pro~ visioning and communications.
North of Lake Ladoga, the Finns have to deal, with six distinct Russian forces, The Finns are doing their utmost to lure the Russians onto the open spaces of frozen lakes to catch them without shelter. The Finns claim to be shooting down many Russian patrols on the northern front. These patrols seldom consist of less than 100 men, and therefore present fa much more vulnerable target to the enemy than the small Finnish patrols.
Tt is believed in Helsinki that the reason for the extensive attacks is that the Russians are anxious to make some impression on Finland before the end of February, when operations are likely to be temporarily delayed by fresh falls of cnow.—Reuter.
The Royal air force counter-attacked German raiders coincident with fan Admiralty announcement that a single British destroyer had sunk two German U-boats attacking a British convoy, The Admiralty announcement said, "It is not normal Admiralty practice to announce the sinkings of U-Boats as they occur, Dut an exception is made on this evasion in view of the fact that two U-Boats were sunk by one destroyer while attacking a convoy."
Four battles were fought between British and German planes yesterday. and in another British planes pursued 'a squadron of German bombers out fo sea. An encounter between German planes and a British warship also was reported in the North Sea. The German planes few off when the warship opened fire, but first dropped what appeared to have been fan aerial torpedo. The warship escaped damage.
During the first aerial clash of the day, RAF. planes shot down a German bomber near the Firth of Forth.
The German plane also was badly damaged by antiaircraft fire and Fighter planes also rushed to the aid of a tanker being bombed near Peterhead yesterday. The attack on the tanker was only one of many German attacks on British and neutral shipping yesterday ax the German offensive against coastal shipping was resumed.
German planes also bombed, the British dredger Foremost, 800 tons, and scored a direct hit. Two mem. bers of the ship's crew wore believed to have been drowned when a lifeboat in which they had sought refuge was swamped.
The German attack on an unidentiled British warship occurred atier the warship had_gone to the rescue of the trawler Barnsness, 173 tons, which was being bombed and machine-gunned by German planes. The Germans, after falling to damage the trawler, transferred their attack to the warship when it.appeared fon the scone. Heavy anti-alreratt fire drove the bombers off after they had dropped an aerial torpedo. The plane which dropped the aerial torpedo dived at the British warship before flying off, German planes also strafed the Ashing boat Hilda from a low altitude bhut the ship's crow escaped injury. Messages from coastal towns also said that a vessel en route from Scotland. to southern England had been bomb. ed and an S.O.S, was received from another ship then being attacked.
The German raiders concentrated Off the north-east coast where crowds along the shore saw several vessels additional Ashing boats were reported to have been bombed. One rached port safely after escaping. a rain of German bombs. The con. ition of the other ships has not yot been reported.—United Press.
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