London, May 9, Fighting {s stilt going on in the Amba Alagi sector and the British have gained further high ground, it stated In London. believed that about 30,000 Ualiang are still left in the country. The British progress is naturally slow, since it is easy for the Italians to block the few roads. The moral of the remaining Italians appears to much higher than that shown by the troops hitherto encountered Reuter.
British bombs, the most powerful ever used, were employed for the first time, On the ret night of the attack on Kiel the greatest weight of bombs ever to be directed in one night against single targeta in Germany way dropped, which destroyed large paris of the Deutschwerke shipyards of the Germania yards and of the Navy Arsenal. At the same time one of the main power plants of the town was badly damaged and many factories and other parts of the town, wore burned out, The result was. that. whole areas wore so badly blasted that itis probable they wilt have to be evacuated, If this already has not been done, Wherever Germany builds, repairs or shelters submarines or' surface warships. or seaplanes. long range bombers of the Royal Air Force have gone to, destroy or check commerce raiders before thay can put out to sea or take off, At the same time RAF, bombers have been more active during daylight, again and again attacking small convoys which the! Germans have tried to. slip through along the coast, sinking tenders intended for refuelling submarines or supply ships on the way towards the west coast of France, the week from' April 13 to 19, aircraft of the bomber command alone during daylight made attacks, hit and either sank or seriously damaged supply ships totalling at east 87,600 tons, in addition to a flagship guarding supply ships. They also hit, without it being possible to be fully observed and caused damage to many other supply ships large and small.
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