ON GERMAN NAVAL BASE

Grey River Argus, 6 September 1939, Page 7

ON GERMAN NAVAL BASE

Battleships Damaged FIVE OF TWELVE PLANE;! REPORTED DOWN. NEW YORK, September 4. The London correspondent of the United Press of America states: “It is officially reported that British planes bombarded the German Fleet, at Wilhelmshaven. Several direct hits were scored, severely damaging two battleships.” The announcement adds: “Our Air Force suffered some casualties.” CUXHAVEN ALSO BOMBED. GERMAN REPORT. NEW YORK, September 4. The London correspondent of the United Press of America states: “The German short-wave radio asserts that five of the twelve British planes, attacking Wilhelmshaven and Cuxhaven, were shot down by anti-air-craft. The others escaped over the Dutch border.”