BOMBED AGAIN.
THE BATTLESHIP SCHARNHORST
KIEL DOCKYARDS DAMAGED.
(Received This Day, 11.35 a.m.)* LONDON, September 26.
The strongly-de.fended naval dockyard at Kiel, in which the battleship iScharnhorst is lying, was attacked last night by a force of heavy bombers of the R.A.F.
Attacks by individual aircraft were made at intervals over a period of two hours, and many direct hits were scored on the targets. Sticks of calibre bombs fell across the northern dockyard and one of the shipbuilding yards, and a brilliant yellow flash from one big explosion was seen very close to the Scharnhorst.
At Ehrang, bomb bursts were, seen in the centre of the railway yards, and one salvo was followed five minutes later by a Violent explosion. Another great explosion, with a vivid blue flash, is believed to have, marked a direct hit on an electrical power-house. Flames and heavy explosions in the goods yard signalled the usual nightly bombardment of Hamm, and several big fires were started in the yard at Mannheim.—British. Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 301, 27 September 1940, Page 5
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