ENEMY HARASSED
VITAL AREAS BOMBED EMDEN AMONG TARGETS THIRTY FIRES STARTED (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Nov. 6. Submarine-building yards at Vegesack, near Bremen, were among the objectives attacked last night by aircraft of the Bomber Command, according to an Air Ministry communique, which also states that attacks were carried out on petroleum sheds at Emden .and shipbuilding vards at Bremerhaven and Bremen. At Emden 30 fires were caused in the target area. Other operations were directed against the Neuhof electricity power station at Hamburg, where a number of fires were started. The ports of Boulogne, Calais, Dunkirk, Antwerp and Flushing were also heavily bombed, together with a number of aerodromes in enemy occupation. Two of our aircraft are missing. Yesterday aircraft of the Coastal Command were attacked by two enemy twin-engined fighters, and in the course of the ensuing coinbat one enemy fighter was shot down into the sea. A German communique admits that British planes raided Germany and Holland last night and hit industrial plants. German night raids on Scottish ports and industrial plants included Dundee and Pentland Firth.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24450, 8 November 1940, Page 7
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