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The first list of contributors will be published shortly. organized", the Association said.
The same report was heard here, fixing the number of German troops concentrated across the Channel at 100,000. Later, however, the Press Association cancelled the report because there was "no official confirmation, although we have it from a usually reliable source." The Government, later, issued an official denial, saying the report was not true.
The Air Ministry communique said "seaplanes and shipping in Boulogne harbour were heavily and successfully attacked by battle aircraft of the Coastal Command last night.
"Oil plants, munitions factories, aircraft stores and railway targets in Germany were bombed and attacks were made on 26 aerodromes in northwest France, Holland and Belgium. All our aircraft returned."
"The targets at Boulogne were enemy ships and formations of seaplanes assembled in the Basin. Despite fierce opposition from ground defences, the bombers dived effectively on objectives at two minute intervals.
"The harbour was bombed on all sides from a low height. The main pier at the entrance was hit several times, but most of the bombs fell among the ships and seaplanes in the Basin. When the attack ended, the Boulogne Basin was ringed and crisscrossed by spreading flames."—United Press.
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