RAID ON BERLIN

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21203, 28 August 1940, Page 6

RAID ON BERLIN

30 BRITISH PLANES SPLINTERS IN STREET PAMPHLETS DROPPED fmited Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 28, 3.15 p.m.) GOTHENBURG, Aug. 27 The Dagensnyheter’s Berlin correspondent says that thirty British planes were ov-r Berlin last night. The streets were strewn with shell splinters and pamphlets. ec DENIAL BY GERMANY NO PLANES OVER BERLIN RAIDERS TURNED AWAY (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, August 27 According to a message from Berlin, official Nazi sources state that British aeroplanes approached the Berlin area, but turned away before they reached Potsdam. No aircraft or guns were heard in central Berlin, but searchlights were active throughout the raid. KING’S ENGAGEMENTS MR CHURCHILL RECEIVED , SIR E. IRONSIDE HONOURED MARSHAL’S BATON PRESENTED (omclal Wireless) (Received August 28, 3.15 p.m.) RUGBY, Aug. 27 The King at Buckingham Palace received Sir Edmund Ironside and presented him with the baton of a Field Marshal. The Prime Minister, Mr Winston Churchill, had an audience with the King at Buckingham Palace this evening. WARFARE AT SEA MERCANTILE SHIPPING LOSSES SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE GERMAN CLAIM DENIED (I'ntted Press Assn.—Elcc. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 28, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, August 27 The mercantile losses for the week ended August 18 were:—British, ten ships, 41,175 tons: Allied, one ship, 7590 tons; neutral, two ships, 4134 tons. The tonnage was slightly above the weekly average since the outbreak of the war. It is authoritatively stated that the German claim to have sunk a destroyer of the Viscount class on August 25 is untrue. Rescues by Lifeboats T Thus far this year lifeboats have rescued 1439 people from shipwrecks on the coasts of England and Ireland. This is 32 above the total for the whole of last year, in which a record number of rescues was effected. AMERICAN REFUGEES VERY HAZARDOUS VOYAGE ESCORTED BY DESTROYERS (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 28, 3.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 27 The American Legion, which is now 500 miles off New York, has been picked up by two American destroyers. The 870 refugees were cheered by the destroyers’ arrival after a hazardous trip, in which the ship was first escorted by Finnish patrol ships through a Russian minefield and then by British ships and planes through minefields in the Scotland area. . The passengers wore lifebelts constantly and held repeated boat drills. CLASH ON FRONTIER RUMANIA AND RUSSIA HUNDREDS OF CASUALTIES (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 28, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, August 27 The Budapest correspondent of the American Press says diplomatic despatches from Bucharest described a Rumanian-Russian frontier clash, in which there were hundreds of casualties on both sides. At least two planes were shot down. The Budapest correspondent of the British United Press reports that the official Hungarian news agency states that a Rumanian fighter attacked and damaged a Hungarian bomber and wounded a member of the crew on the eastern frontier of Hungary.