London, Mar. 4.
Qaeda) the important industrial and communications centre on the left bank of the Rhine, was last night attacked by the Royal Air Force for the third time in the week. The raid was described as heavy and successful. The bombers concentrated on the industrial centre of the city, and many fires were started.
Other aircraft attacked the docks and quays of Boulogne and Ostend. Bombs were seen to fall close to a lock gate at Ostend. The docks at Brest were again bombed, as were several aerodromes in northern France, where several enemy aircraft were destroyed or damaged.
From all these operations, two British aircraft were missing.
One enemy fighter was shot down Ly RAF. fighters off the Kent coast en Monday afternoon during "slight enemy activity over this country during daylight," states an official communique.
A bomb was dropped on a town in Kent. One person was killed and a small number of people injured. On? British fighter is missing.
The centre of the German night raids on England yesterday was Cardiff. At the height of the raid there was a big flash in the sky, and sparks flew in all directions. A moment later there was a terrific explosion, seeming to indicate that a German raider had been hit by anti-aircraft fire and that its load of bombs had exploded.
The greatest number of incendiaries the town has ever known were seat: tered indiscriminately over a wide area, and successive waves of raiders poured fire bombs and high-explosives into several fires.
Many poor houses were destroyed, but a heavy ground barrage met the raiders. of which at least one was downed. Casualties are believed to tave been fairly heavy.
Bombs were also dropped on a number of points along the north-east coast, and in south east Scotland. Some buildings were hit, but damage was vhere extensive.
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