London, July 5. IGH explosive bombs straddled three German cruisers in Brest and bombs fell on moored submarines in Lorient, the Air Ministry revealed today in a communique telling of heavy British attacks on the German naval bases in occupied France last night.
Cherbourg, the Rhineland, and Abbeville also were bombed, in which Essen, home of Krupp's works, was also' heavily -attacked, Bombs of the heaviest calibre were seen to straddle the two 26,000-ton Datile-cruisers, "the Gneisenau and the Scharnhorst, and the modern cruiser, Prinz "Eugen, which was damaged last month in the same fengogement in which the German Dattleship, Bismarck, was sunk, revealed the Air Ministry, "The raid on Brest was heavy and addition to hits on the cruisers, fires were started on dockside build ngs," said the communique, "In Lorient, bombs fell among moored submarines and much damage was done to docks and the har-bow The communique also said that ight. forces attacked. the docks Cherbourg. industrial targets in the Rhineland and rail yards at Abbeville. Four British bombers were missing [but two German night fighters were destroyed, reported the Air Ministry. "United Press.
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