Attacks by a bomber and Coastal Command aircraft on Brest where the German battleships, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. are lying were made yesterday without the kes of any aircraft, says an official communique.
During Tuesday's operations by aircraft of the Fighter Command, four medium-sized ships encountered north of Dunkirk were bombed and machine-gunned despite thick clouds and rain, announced, the Air Ministry News Service, As the bombers turned for Lame a number of Mes-patients totalled only 430, 235 of whom, were killed and 195 injured—the majority only slightly.
During intensive and indiscriminate attacks on London during the past eight months, the Minister added, auditions of risk inside hospitals was less than outside.
Plymouth Evacuation A large part of Plymouth, the Nazi bombers'. main target recently, is to be declared an evacuation area, following four raids in eight nights.
Ten thousand school children are to be moved immediately to rural areas in Devon and Cornwall, Mothers with children, expectant mothers and old-age pensioners who wish to make their own arrangements will be assisted to evacuate, A decision to this effect was TeKUed MIN night. st a confürence between the city's emergency come mittee anda representative of the Counc! Ministry of Health, Latest reports indicate that Monday night's raid caused widespread damage, particularly in areas already hit, and many people are feared to have been killed. Nevertheless casualties were not so heavy as during any of last week's raids.
(Reuter.
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