The Archive · 1940

German. Reports

No Sign of "Mass Raids" — On London Seen

London, Aug. 2

The unreliability of German news service has again been convincingly demonstrated by neutral observers.

'The "German wireless claimed on Aug. 16 that German "planes "in unprecedented numbers have been for many hours over London. In the opinion of foreigners living in Lo dor it' was the greatest air offensive the world has ever witness Yet an American broadcaster from London said:

"American correspondents in Fleet Btreet neither saw nor heard any German plànes."

Again the Germans said they had closed one of Britain's biggest ports. An American broadcaster who went "N.C.D.N." Photo.

Troop: s March Out—Thieves Walk In What happened.to British military huts at the corner of Great Western and- Keswick Roads after they: had been: evacuated by the British forces.

Stripped of their walls und. doors, these huts look as if they had been: struck by a tornado which destroyed everything in its path. Villagers are "wb suspected of'carrjing away the woodwork. \the war. Britain stands up-right ahd powerful Ani Germany's air attacks merely proved the perfection of

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