EFFECT OF RAIDS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 249, 29 July 1940, Page 5

EFFECT OF RAIDS.

GERMAN RADIO ACCOUNT. A VIVID WORD.PICTURE. LONDON,'JuIy. 27. • The effect of the’British, air-raids! on the German populace was ind/catcd by a fcoeaker over the Berlin radio, when he described,. evidently .from personal •experience; 'the of an; air raid. • ' ■ -A' v - !

The spohker'said that-the attack on: Britain had been postponed's L ri that "the people , could . known the dreadful- suspense ,of ■ not knowing exactly when the “terrible, hell” jv'ould burst:: omstheni; from the skies. \

He wgnt on..tg,say that villagers in’, England lived in constant fear of ah’ raids,-,:,ant}, lie -..painted ..-a* lurid-word--picture of the horrors of air attacks,; with thousands of engines roairing; over-; head, the crash' and scream gf, bombs,the. hu rrvi ng fii;e-cilgin e s',' giin fire, and the cries of ,•} The belief that the GeimtaiiC’,' •an-; nouncer was .speaking ; front 0, personal; experience is strengthened by the. story told. by ■ a Swedish sailor, who was interviewed on his return to a Baltic! port after liis vessel had-visited Germany. '■ Tiie sailor said that his vessel had been in harbour for three. Aveoks, and during that time air-raid alarms sounded every night. The damage' done to the harbour was fearful. On one 'occasion the attack came so swiftly that no alarm could be sounded. One night, an aircraft factory a short distance away had its roof swept away by intense bombing, and later after a raid lasting an hour and a-half, Avas reduced to a flaming ruin.—British Official Wireless. BOMBING OF SUPPLY SHIPS. AMERICAN-BUILT AIR OR AFT. (Received This Day, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 2S. It is revealed it Avas American-built Hudson aircraft of the Coastal Command that severely damaged two German supply ships last night and bombed others.