A sharp attack on the Invasion port of Calais vas delivered carly tins morning by a. steady procession of RAP, bombers which drove eross the Straits of Dover sharily before 1am.
"The, Dover area was shaken by the rumble of bombs which were. seen bursting with huge red flashes all long, the Calais. waterfront."
Several of the raiders. "dropped parachute fares to illuminate their forgets, 'The attack was sustained in the face of heavy fire from German {round defences, "Seven direct hit wore, scored by british bombers iavan-attack not Tasting more than one minute made fon a,000-ton German tanker in the Dover' Straits late" yesterday after noon, The tanker was lott on fire. with her decks awash and listing heavily, Slight Nazi Raids 'A small number of bombs were dropped, by German raiders in south England. yesterday evening. No dolails: have yet been received, 'On the whole enemy activity over Britain during the day was slight, dated an Alt' Ministry communique, An alert was sounded in the Lon= don" area shortly after midnight yesterday, Up to the same hour there Were no reports of raids elsewhere In Britain, Activity Over Britain enemy activity over Britain dur~ ing the night war not on a largo! Scale, says a communique issued by the Air Ministry today, "The communique. announces that bombs were dropped in widely separated areas of England™and in some places substantial damage was done, one district, it ts feared, a largo number of casualties were' caused, though elsetvhere casualties were not reported © have been heavy~ Router, Nazi Warships Bombed London, June 12:
Heavy British bombers strucle at three German warships in the har hour of Brest Ile on Tuesday night, and "large-weight bombs were dropped on docks amd" anchorages the Air Ministry annoy "A etulser of the Tipper class, leved to be the Prinz Eugen at Brest, together wi 'The Prinz, Eugen, accom pa ed the 36,000-to8 battleship, Bis= marek, on it Fast fatal voyage, ovis dently' had escaped searching Royal Navy) units ud found refuge Brest, The Prinz #uyon left Bismarck In an effort to escape before the latter was sunk, The Gneigenau and Scharnhorst have been in Brest for several weeks, apparently for repairs 40 damage sustained by the battering RAF, attacks carried out when te two Warships were first reported in Brest—United Press,
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