GERMAN PORTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 107, 1 November 1940, Page 7

GERMAN PORTS

HEAVILY BOMBED

WEATHER BAD AGAIN

FIRES AT EMDEN

. (British Official Wireless.)

(Received November 1, 1 p.m.)

RUGBY, October 31

Operations of the Royal Air Force were restricted last night owing to bad weather, but, adds an Air Ministry communique, docks at Hamburg and Flushing were heavily bombed and the naval base at Emden was attacked.

Cherbourg harbour was attacked during daylight operations yesterday. Dockside buildings were hit and a heavy salvo was dropped among fosar E-boats cruising 20 miles out to sea. One enemy aircraft was destroyed and one British aircraft is missing.

Details of the attacks show that many tons of high-explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped on the Germanoccupied ports of Flushing, and Antwerp and on Emden.

The attack o n Flushing began early in the evening and lasted just over an hour. Several sticks of bombs were dropped in the Walcheren Canal and on the inner and outer harbours, and though cloud and haze made it difficult to see the full results of the bombing the Air Ministry bulletin containing this information also states that at Emden bursts were observed on a quay on the main waterway and east of the main entrance. One very bright fire was started and other fires in the area were seen to spread rapidly. One aircraft attacked a nearby railway junction and here again a large fire occurred. A small force of Blenheims last night attacked targets in Ostend harbour, which was previously attacked but has since been repaired. Easy identification of the targets enabled the bombers to score direct hits fre.ely on quays and shipping berths. Every second bomb burst was followed by heavy explosions and debris was thrown high in the air.