London, June 25.
OMB flashes cast a glare into the sky along 20 miles of the French coastline when early today R.A.F. bombers swept out of a clear sky to deliver what appeared to observers on this side to be one of their biggest attacks on Calais and Boulogne, People fon the South-East Coast were roused by the thunder of the bombs, which must have been of the heaviest calibre.
Waves of British bombers were met by heavy ant streratt fire, while clusters of searchlights swept the sky. fand probed towards mid. Channel 10 meet them. The attack was sustain-face of this resistance.
"The bombers haa fighter screen of Hurricanes and Spitfires.
This raid followed a further pounding of vital German war industries last night, when aiveraft of the Bom. ber Command attacked Cologne and Dusseldorf and the naval base of Kiel. 'This was the 13th night runing that British bombers were over enemy territory, according to an Air Ministry communique, which added that during the past' two weeks a greater tonnage of bombs had been Gropped by the RAF. on targets in Germany than in the whole month of the day yesterday evening over northern France, The RAF. lost two planes.
People on the south coast heard the roar of bombers lying out. to sea and violent explosions from beyond a curtain of haze in mid-Chai nel. The explosions lasted for nearly "half an hour.
While the attack was in progress, strong forces of British " fighters swept up and down the Channel on the look-out for German fighters but hone appeared to approach the Engish Channel.
An enemy alreratt which attacked British mine-sweepers on Monday was destroyed by the naval trawler Solon (348 tons), says an Admiralty communique.
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