London, Jan. 13. FLURRICANE fighters yesterday swept low over the Belgium and French coast and machine-gunned enemy troops and shipping in a daylight attack. Describing this, an Air Ministry communique says that a: small formation of fi lighter planes patrolled the French coast of the Straits of Dover on Sunday attacking from a low level troops in trenches near the, beach as well as shipping and ground defences.
From these operations and other day operations, the communique adds, three R.A.F. fighters re missing, The leader of a squadron came down to sea level and twice attacked an E-Boat 100 yards off shore. The Hurricanes swept the deck with bullets then attacked the driver, says the Alr Ministry news service, Slight Raidon London Another patrol attacked a second E-Bent from astern, also from seo. level, and the boat made for the shore, "The patrol continued across the coast and machine-gumed troops In trenches near the beach.. Two other small ships were machine 'A third patrol attacked a schooner and a number of small vessels Heavy and accurate anti-aircraft fire was encountered and Messerschmitts-109 fighters, sent up to intercept, were engaged.
An Air Ministry communique adds that attacks on enemy shipping were also carried out by aircraft of the Coastal Command yesterday in Nor wegian waters when direct hits were scored on two" merchant vessels which were also machine-gunned.—Reuter.
London, Jan, 13.
Royal Als Force planes on Saturday night attacked such widely-Separated points as Wilhelmshaven, Industrial seaport in northern Germany, and Turin, manufacturing city northern Italy, it was leanned yesterday, Four-pave copies, of the recent speech of Mr. Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, addressed to the Italian people, were dropped on Turin, the Air Ministry revealed.
Despite cloudy weather over the Alps, the pilots found a clear sky at Turin, the Air Ministry come munique said, Main target at the Italian city was the royal arsenal, on which number of very heavy bombs. were released, together with 2 shower incendiaries right in the arsenal,"
"Bxplosions followed the burst of bombs and it is highly significant they went on intermittently and could still be seen when our bombers flow back over the Alps."
Many fires wore started, the Air Ministry said, One gunner saw "tremendous building ablaze, A. bomb evidently had gone sight through the centre of the building, because the whole middle part was alight."
'The weather was t0 cold the bomb relotge mechanism of one plane froze over the arsenal, However, the pilot went on to the' Fiat works, where "he saw bombs burst on the factory building and incendiary bombs start four fires,"
"The Incendiary bombs burst in the factory building with a shattering' explosion anda fire and other smaller explosions were caused,"—United Press,
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