SHELLS MISS MARK
GERMAN BATTERIES
SHIPS SAIL STEADILY ON
LONDON, November 1
This afternoon British ships in the Straits of Dover were heavily shelled by German guns mounted on the French coast. Shells burst in the sea all around the ships, but they steamed steadily on their course.
Watchers on the Kent Coast saw flashes from each of the three German batteries, followed by great columns of water shooting up from the sea. The bombardment lasted an hour and a half. More than a hundred shells were fired, but not one of the vessels appeared to have been hit.
During the bombardment, antiaircraft guns on the English side of the Channel opened fire on a German bomber escorted by two fighters. Shells burst near the bomber, which swung off towards the French coast and made no attempt to attack the British, ships. R.A.F. planes bombed the gun emplacements tonight.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 108, 2 November 1940, Page 10
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149SHELLS MISS MARK Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 108, 2 November 1940, Page 10
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