London, Aug. 31.
British bombers carried out widespread attacks on the continent Thursday and raided German conveys and shipping along the Dutch coast, according to an Air Ministry communique issued here last night.
British bombers also carried out daylight raids on German occupied aerodromes in Holland, the communique said.
"Last night our aircraft bombed the Krupp works at Essen; it reported. British bombers were also said to have bombed "oil refineries and plants at Gelsinkirchen, Bottrop and St. Nazaire, power stations at Durasburg and Reisholz, various military objectives in the Ruhr, goods in railroad yards at Hamm and a number of enemy aerodromes in Germany, and Holland, Belgium France."
Three British planes did not return from these operations, the communique concluded.—United Press.
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