TERRIFIC ATTACK

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21783, 12 October 1940, Page 7

TERRIFIC ATTACK

Bombs Rain From The Sky

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright

(Received October 11, 11.57 p.m.) LONDON, October 10.

Strong forces of Royal Air Force bombers inflicted terrific punishment on a battery of four longrange guns beside Cap Gris Nez lighthouse after they had shelled the Dover area for half an hour. At dusk cliff watchers saw a giant tongue of flame through the mist enshrouding the French shore. A shell burst with a terrific explosion and several seconds later another followed, after which two guns fired simultaneously and then the four together.

After half an hour’s sporadic firing, bombers roared across the coast through a south-westerly gale. Explosions were heard from Dover and sheets of orange flame slashed the darkening sky as the raiders launched what appeared to be an avalanche of bombs on the emplacements.

The illuminations were the most brilliant seen from the Kent coast. The raiders then widened the area of attack and turned against Calais scores of bombs which burst in clusters many miles along the coast. Flaming onions poured through the darkness and dozens of star shells and searchlights lit up the sky. The attack seemed to extend inland because the coast line was silhouetted against the glare of bombs.