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KRUPP'SAND
BERLIN
Battered by
the R.A.F.
British Official Wireless and A.A.P.
' ; . LONDON, October 14.
R.A.F. bombers attacked a
; number -of.- targets in Germany
and also Channel ports on- Sun
day night, despite extremely ad-
verse weather. Krupp's muni
tions' factory at Essen was the
target for a fierce raid lasting' two
hours, when the R.A.F. made its
series of attacks on enemy terri
tory, in the week end. Military
objectives in the heart of Berlin
were raided for more than an
h'oiir.
R.A.F. bombers on Sunday night at
tacked the naval bases at Kiel and Wll-
helmshaven, oil plants at Gelsenkirchen
and Duisberg, the Krupp works at
Essen, several aerodromes and also
Channel ports from Ostend to . Le
Havre. One plane is missing.
Three aluminium works in Germany,
the Channel ports from Ostend to Le
Havre, railway centres and aerodromes
were also bombed-at the -week end.-The
attack on Krupp's factory began at 8.30
p.m.', and lasted for nearly two nours.
Factory buildings covering a wide area
were repeatedly hit by high explosive
bombs, Including several of the hea
viest calibre yet carried by the
R.A.F.
One navigator of a bomber said the
factory seemed to be at full pressure.
The captain of another machine
cruised for a quarter of an hour over
the factory locating the exact position
of a power station. He said that when
he spotted It his crew was not long
"getting on to' the job." He saw the
bombs hit and start a number of fires.
Another plane- came In and dropped
bombs on a machine shop.
The bombing of Berlin is described
in a bulletin issued by the Air Minis-
, try, which stated that the vanguard
of the raiding party reached the city
shortly before 10 p.m. and was met
with heavy opposition from many
, powerful gun batteries, supported by
an outer ring of searchlights which en-
; circled the capital. Making use of
cloud layers the raiders converged on
the city's centre from different direc-
: tions, located their target through
breaks in the cloud, and attacked in
succession at short intervals and - at
varying heights.
Several tons of high explosive
, bombs and hundreds of fire bombs
were dropped within the target area
and large fires were started. The
central electric power station in the
Moabit district received: special atten
tion.
Dismay in Capital
Information reaching London from
reliable neutral sources suggests that
the effect of the -R.A.F. raids upon
military objectives in Berlin has been
severely to shake the confidence- of
the people, who had been assured that
no British aircraft would be permitted
to reach Berlin. Berliners now leallse
that they must accept the presence of
British aircraft overhead on any night
as Inevitable as long as the war con
tinues. .They are no longer being en
couraged by Nazi authorities to hope
for a short war. Many of them are
feeling highly disgruntled as a result
of noticing how high party officials
have found the moment convenient to
depart for what are described as
"autumnal holidays" in Upper Ba-
i varla.
The Berlin News Agency declares
that four British bombs struck the
Institute of Hygiene at University
Hospital, Munster, and that two other
bombs fell on a, building occupied by
the university staff.
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