Strong forees of British bombers fon Wednesday night attacked ports north-west "Germany and" the naval base at Brest where the baitleships Seharnhors, and Gneisenaut anda Hipper class cruiser are berthed, states the Air Ministry Despite variable and often cloudy weather, British aircraft. reached their objectives, says the Air Minis.
News Service. Heavy. bombs were seen to burst across docks at Brest and at Bremen large fires were started, One pilot said: "The weather was strange, The North Sea was hidden by a haze and we could only just detect the German coast. was queer to see anti-aircraft shells burst-Ing above il, og if coming from, nowhere.
'Despite alt this obscurity, there were occasional gaps. through' which we could check our approach {0 the Fiver and docks at Bremen.
"One of our bombers was attacked four times by an enemy fighter." added the pilot, "but before long a Durst drove it off. Tracer. bullets were seen to enter the fighter. which fell away. obviously In trouble, The British bomber returned home without further interference.
Britain Quiet During Night Although bombs were dropped last right at a few widely separated points causing a small number of astalties and some damage. there vas very little activity on the whole, One enemy plane was destroyed.
Early this morning. several bombs were dropped in a coastal area machines which at once fled out to sea.
Effectiveness of RAF. Raids The effectiveness of British raids, even before the dramatic increase of the last few weeks, was described by the organ of thered Army, "Red Star" today.
The "Red Star* mentioned that in 'a single raid on Hamburg British bombers destroyed five German submarines anchored in the port, as well as one of the great shipyards, The paper also said that attacks on the Ruhr district continually hold up production of war supplies—
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