ACTION IN NORTH SEA
WARSHIPS AND AIRCRAFT.
[BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.]
(Received November 8, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, November 7.
It is officially announced that naval light forces, including ■Bolish destroyers, were engaged in action with German aircraft in the North Sea, to-day. Nof damage was done to any ship. The enemy casualties are unknown. The Air Ministry announces that a number of air actions took place over the North Sea, to-day. An enemy aircraft approaching the Shetlands, this morning, was driven off by gunfire. It was then chased away by British aircraft.
Several other enemy aircraft were sighted, and two were engaged by Royal Air Force patrols, many miles out over the North Sea. The enemy aircraft escaped into the clouds, and it is not known whether.., they were able to return home. All our aircraft returned safely.
AIR BATTLE OFF JUTLAND. COPENHAGEN, November 7. Two bombers, believed to be German, pursued by 12 fighters, were sighted off the west coast of Jutland. The bombers appeared from the north, and a short battle ensued, before the combatants disappeared.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 8 November 1939, Page 7
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