IN GERMANY

Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1940, Page 5

IN GERMANY

GOEBBELS THREAT

ATTACK ON BRITAIN,

(United Press Association—-By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright). - , ,

LONDON, September 11

The spokesman of Doctor Goebbels stated Germany would .land troops in England, is necessary, hut declared that there was a possibility of England’s collapse. BERLIN, September 11.

The German spokesman declared that 10,000 planes with loads of bombs are going to the London area in the next few days. A total of 2,500 planes will be rotating )four times • daily betewen London and the French supply base, starting tonight. Bombers from, home airports situated will be flying daily the French coast, where they will take on bombs for flying to London, not returning to the home airports until they have completed tlieir fourth London visit.

The spokesman of Doctor Goebbels (in the garden of whose residence in Berlin a 151 b. bomb tore a deep bole lo feet from the house), said: “I owuld not give a farthing for the Houses of Parliament. Now that the Beichstag has been bombed, there is no reason why we should not bomb the British Parliament out of existance. If the British try to hit the Chancellery, then Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle will go, as sure as you live.”

GERMAN REPORT

LONDON, September 11

A German communique states: Installations of military importance in London have remained the chief target of Germany’s reprisal attacks. Numerous fires were added to those already "existing. We also bombed other military objectives, especially harbour installations, aerodromes, and industrial plants in south-east of England, 'x

The' German News Agency an : nounced that, at 2 p.m., a Geiman pilot reported that fires j\vere still raging in the oil depots at 1 Lhameshaven, the greater part of which were destroyed. Big fires were seen at the Commercial and West India docks, also in Kensington-- near Hyde Park, and in Regent’s Park.

GERMAN CASUALTIES

LONDON, September ll

Reuter’s Bucharest correspondent interviewed a traveller, /who stated that 500 people'were killed by bombs in. Germany.

BERLIN AGAIN RAIDED LONDON, September 12. The R.A.F. bombed Berlin for ninety-two minutes. Many incendiary bombs were dropped. A fire was caused in one factory. Some bombs fell in the Tiergarten. GERMAN REPORT LONDON, September 12. The Berlin News Agency, in 'an official statement, says: The British apparently are not content with attacking Berlin because two towns in the north-west of Germany were raided on Wednesday night in the same manner as that in which Berlin hitherto has been raided, a. large number of bombs being dropped on the residential and the business quarters, inflicting a number of civilian deaths and serious injuries. A timber-yard was set afire, and a number of workmen’s dwellings were destroyed. <