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GERMAN AIR ATTACKS INCENDIARY AND HIGHEXPLOSIVE BOMBS [By Telegraph—Presg Association —Copyright) Received Aug. 12, 10.50 p.m. LONDON, Aug. 12. The Air Ministry states that the Germans bombed a number of places last night. Incendiary bombs started fires in a north-eastern town and also on Moorland, but these were soon extinguished. No serious casualties resulted in this area. High-explosive bombs in the Midlands caused some damage to houses and a few casualties, one of which proved fatal. Bombs damaged a signal-box in a south-western railway yard. Another bomb in this area fell near an airraid shelter in which there was a number of persons, one of whom was seriously injured. Isolated bombers slightly damaged gas and electricity mains in eastern and south-eastern districts.
ADMIRATION OF R.A.F. MESSAGE BY MR. CHI R< HILL [ British Official Wlreleu.] Received Aug. 12, 6.5 p.m. RUGBY, Aug. 11. The Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, has sent his congratulations to the R.A.F. fighter squadrons which were engaged in last Thursday’s brilliant action over the Channel. The message expresses the War Cabinet's admiration of the airmen’s skill and prowess and congratulations on the defeat and heavy losses inflicted upon a far more numerous enemy.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 189, 13 August 1940, Page 5
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