NAZIS' WRONG GUESS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 126, 30 May 1944, Page 5

NAZIS' WRONG GUESS

Britain Raided On Believed Invasion Date SOUTHERN TOWNS ATTACKED Rec. 12.30 p.m. LONDON, May 29. The Germans evidently expected some movement connected with the invasion plans, says the Press Association aviation correspondent, commenting on last night's raids on England. The raids seemed to be designed to gain information of coastal movements, with a destructive attack against one area as a diversion. The Germans in the last few days named to-day as the invasion date. German planes made a short, sharp raid on coastal districts of southern England last night. Twelve of 26 guests were killed when a hotel in a town on the south-west coast received a (direct hit by a bomb. A lone raider dropped a bomb on an old-world village on the south coast, causing some casualties. Raiders were also reported over east and north-east England. One enemy plane was destroyed. Raiders were over the Thames Estuary shortly before dawn to-day, flying high. No incidents have been reported. A German communique says the Luftwaffe last night attacked Torquay and Brighton, and also targets in the east of England.