London, Mar. 17.
"At 7.50 p.m. (GMT) on Saturday, German aircraft made a raid on the Fleet anchorage of Scapa Flow," according to a communique issued by the Admiralty today, "About fourteen enemy aircraft reached their objective. A considerable number of bombs were dropped, One bomb hit a warship, which sustained only minor damage, Bombs were also dropped on land, No military objective was hit, but one civilian was killed and seven others were wounded, including two women in a village, while five cottages were damaged, There were seven casualties to naval personnel, "Ship batteries, shore defences and fighter aircraft combined to drive off the enemy. One enemy aircraft was shot down, and others are believed to have been damaged," the Admiralty communique concludes.
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