RAIDS ON TOWNS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23718, 26 July 1940, Page 7

RAIDS ON TOWNS

FURTHER CASUALTIES J " VILLAGE ATTACKED CLAIMS FROM BERLIN > - LONDON. July 25 A German bomber dropped 19 bombs on a village in south-eastern England last night. The majority fell in There were no serious casualties, but several houses were damaged. • ... Enemy aeroplanes bombed a town in south-east England yesterday afternoon; Slight/damage was done and there were some casualties. Raiders esirlier dropped bombs on south-west Scotland. Little damage was done and no one.was seriously hurt. A British fighter shot down an enemy aeroplane during yesterday in southwest England. One German was killed, one injured and two taken prisoner. . The Minister of Health, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, said that in the urban districts every enemy bomb killed or injured on an average three people. It was 15 times safer to be in a reception r area than in in evacuation area. A Berlin communique states: "Our aeroplanes bombed railways, roads and supply depots in southern England, sank two patrol ships and a trawler in the Channel and damaged another ship. ""German fighters sank 17,000 tons of merchant shipping in convoy, comprising five merchantmen sunk this morning, and also set fire to a merchant- / man. "Bombers sank a British submarine in the North Sea. A U-boat sank two armed merchant ships totalling 14,000 ions." AMERICAN MACHINES USE BY GERMANY CAPTURED FROM FRANCE EMPLOYMENT AGAINST BRITAIN LONDON, July 25 -For the first time yesterday the Germans, .used American aeroplanes m / raids, on Britain. The machines, which were made by the Chance Vought Company, are, the same as used by the United States Navy, and were employed, by the Germans as dive bombers. They were captured from the French. ; one was shot down in the sea and another was seen staggering away yith a badly-d'amaged wing. GERMAN APPEAL RECRUITS FOR AIR FORCE BOYS IN CREWS SHOT DOWN LONDON. July 24 Germany is/ to make a drive for ■ recruits to serve as airmen. The age at which these recruits will be taken has not been announced, but it is known that crews of German aircraft shot down over Britain have included bo J'S 16 and 17 years of age. DANCING BAN RELAXED y ' LONDON, July 24 The Bremen radio states that Hitler *|BS. partiallv withdrawn the ban on dancing, which has been enforced since ■ Dancing is now permissible in Public places on Wednesday and Saturday nights.