WEATHER AND INVASION

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 September 1940, Page 7

WEATHER AND INVASION

CHANNEL GALES. [BY CABLE—PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT..] LONDON, September 17. Autumn’s gales are beating tonight against the cliffs of Dover. It is too early to estimate the effect of the sudden weather change upon Herr Hitler’s invasion plans, but a considerable effect is certain. The wild winds and rough seas make any attempt to tow barges across the Channel a hazardous operation. The gale will also make dangerous any attempted landings by troop-carrying aeroplanes. There is no encouragement for Herr Hitler in the huge seas crashing on the beaches and the promenades of the south-east coast, where thousands of inhabitants of battered towns are carrying on undaunted by the fiercest air raids. —LATER. The gale has dropped over the Straits of Dover, but a big sea is still running. “SHELLING” REPORT LONDON, September 18. Nothing is known as to the German shelling of London as previously cabled. “TEMPORARILY POSTPONED.” ' (Recd. Sept. 19, 11.15 a.m.) STOCKHOLM, September 18. The “Allehanda’s” Berlin correspondent says: The German plan for an invasion of Britain has been temporarily postponed, in view of the efficiency of the anti-aircraft defences and the R.A.F. fighters, but the systematic destruction of Britain’s south-east coast is continuing, especially the bombing of ports and airfields.