London. Aug. 15.
Britain has been shelled by long range German guns from the French coast, military authorities today confirmed after examination of fragments of projectiles found on the southeast coast in the past few days.
Two southeast coastal areas were shelled Monday, but there was no official confirmation until today The shelling was reported to have occurred during air raids and fragments picked up in the areas indicated they were parts of shells and not bombs.
Upon official examination of a projective found on the coast, the military authorities today announced that all indications showed that "it is a shell which arrived with forward New York, Aug. 14.
When dir battles over the English 'Channel and the south-eastern coast involve more than 150 warplanes, it "becomes impossible to tell which ate British and which are German,' reported. Mr. Robert Bunnell, Associated Press correspondent.
The air becomes a "mass of wheeling, diving planes so that it is impossible to tell which are British end which are German invaders," he cabled in a message received here.
"Suddenly fresh swarms of Nazi raiders appeared and started to at-teck the balloon barrages, some of which fell to the ground, punctured by the Nazi cannon-fire, while bullets and splinters of anti-aircraft gunfire scattered on the ground.
"I could see four planes crashing into the sea and I observed six great Jenkers bombers swooping down on a lightship in the Channel, dropping two bombs each.
"British fighter craft swooped down on the (Nazis and chased the German invaders out in the direction of France," the message concluded— velocity from the direction of the sea.
The shelling thus was the first time that Britain was hit by artillery fire since the bombardment of Scarborough in the World War.
Meanwhile, the Hamburg radio station, in an English broadcast last night, was heard here to say that the "bombardment of Britain by German long range guns has intensified the military situation."—United Press.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.