Mannheim and Ludwigshafen which ture linked across by one of the most important bridges in Germany which fused both for rail, road and foot frame, were attacked by British bombers on Tuesday night despite unfavourable weather conditions. To both towns fires and explosions were observed.
Mannheim and Ludwigshafen are well known for their harbours and for their renown ay manufacturing towns, two of their chief products being" chemicals and iron' goods Mannheim is also an airport, The Royal Air Force also attacked a blast furnace plant at Essen white other formations bombed Dunkirk an invasion. port.
Daylight attacks were made aerodromes in German - occupied northern France on Tuesday. One British plane ig missing-—Renter, 60 miles distant, writes a United Press correspondent, Ballan losses. were heavy, Greeks reported "finding large "numbers. of dead and large. quantities. of abandoned war materials, Including many mountain batteries.
T was told that about 1,100 tatfans had been taken prisoner, 1 had a Bnyside seat for the spectacular Sleepless for Days Beside nie were red-eyed artilterymen, almost sleepless for days, who provided into white shrines or knelt Eeside eri guns to pray to their patron, "The invocations wore crowded into short intervals between the time crews had shifted batteries into new "hidilen -positio and the zero hour, when heavy a juns_opened. up with' "hideous, ear-popping methodically dumping shel other side of the town: wi aviation had reported enemy tanks to be concentrated.
Mahan planes appeared over us lately, bombing wildly and seeking hidé: n batteries, They—drop about 150 Eombs, then fled off with Greek scouts roaring at their tails, United Press.
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