A Northern British Port, May 8.
Travelling in an Anglo-French convoy with Allied troops evacuated from Namsos, a United Press correspondent arrived at this British Dort offer a series of the most terrifying experiences imaginable, "The convoy was compelled to run a gauntlet of five intensive air attacks, during which 50 German bombers dropped 200 bombs and sank one British and one French destroyer but failed to wound a single member of the Allied expeditionary force. The vessels sunk were HMS. Afridi and the French British troops and Alpine chas-their exploding shells, A veritable rain of bombs, at least six of which fell within 300 yards, fell without damaging the ship.
About the same time, however, two German planes dived on the Bison and scored a direct hit, The French gunners who survived the explosion stuck to their guns and brought down one of the attacking planes but an instant later, following a terrific explosion, an enormous pall of smoke hid the Bison from sight. As the smoke drifted away the destroyer was seen slowly sinking to its grave.
'The German planes attacked the convoy with e barrage of bombs laid horizontally, then dived to attack the ships individually, A Junkers, ripping down from the sky, released a salvo of bombs over the' Afridi and an ear-splitting explosion announced that the second destroyer was hit, She heeled to starboard and, at reduced speed. circled with smoke pouring forth, As she dropped from the convoy, flight of German planes returning to give her the coup de gráce.—United Press.
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