V BOMB ATTACKS

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25085, 26 December 1944, Page 5

V BOMB ATTACKS

NORTHERN ENGLAND FIRST ASSAULT OF KIND (Reed. 5.35 p.m.) LONDON. Dec. i'l A number of people, including children. were killed and others injured in the first V bomb attack against' Northern England, when a bomb fell on houses in a residential district and wrecked and badly damaged a number of dwellings. Another bomb_ fell oil a border town, causing superficial damage to houses. " *.' ' A Berlin High Command communique says that long-range fire was directed at Manchester. "More than 1000 V2 bombs so far have been launched," said the Berlin radio. ''Many launching sites have been prepared, which will assure uninterrupted attacks on F.ngland. It remains to be seen how England can hold out against the rocket when she is unable to interfere either with its production or the precision of its aim."

ADVANCE IN BURMA" 10 MILES ON YEU ROAD (Reed. 30.50 p.m.) COLOMBO, Dec. 21 Forward elements of the Fourteenth Army advanced ten miles on the road to Yen, Central Burma, says a special correspondent of the Australian Associated Press. A British official wireless message says the latest progress is in Arakan and north-west of Mnndalav. British troops are leaving Maungdaw and Buthidaung behind as they advance once again in ihe coastal sector toward Akyab. They occupied Donbaik, on the Arakan coast, while West African troops occupied a feature 12 miles south-east of Buthidaung. Most of the past week's successes has been achieved against little more than stubborn rearguard resistance, but the road to Mandalay is still far from open. AMERICANS IN CHINA (Reed. 8.30 p.m.) CHUNGKING, Dec. 2.". General Wedemeyer announced that American planes destroyed, probably destroyed or damaged 4!) Japanese planes and sank two ships in the China theatre between December 21 and 2*?. They also supported Chinese ground troops in Kwangsi Province. Bombers sank a Japanese naval vessel and a river steamer and damaged a cargo ship in Nanking. They also sank a destroyer, damaged a freighter and destroyed six planes in Hongkong.