September 20th, 1040 The War Illustrated ST. PAUL'S.The War Misra Seplember 207, 1940 When Tank Fought Tank Near Arras When the Batle of the West opened there ware two Army Tank battalions with the BLEF. and both were heavily engaged in the operations that from Dunkirk. Here we tellof the exploits of one of the batt »: May 12, two days after the Germans marched into the Low Countries, a battalion of British tanks which had ‘been engaged in (raining exercises over open country ‘west of Arras, received rush orders {0 move into Belgiuin to join the main body of the B.E-F. which had already crossed the frontier. The tanks were sent by rail and the men followed in their schices, ‘Aller a few days in Belgium the battalion was ordered back 10 Orchis, fn the old Gort Line, and rom there was again with- drawn to Vimy and placed Under the ordect of the SOth Divison to assist in the counterattack Which Gen, Martell was organi ing to relieve the Arrae ‘rrison Te arrived in the Rois de la Folic, near Vimy, Shortly ‘fier dawa on May 21, and hile the men, who had been on the ‘move all night, statched 2 bite of breakfast and a brief rest, the officers hurried oa house in Petit Vimy 10 receive the operation orders. ‘The counter-attack was 10 take place tha same afternoon, ans! the battalion was given a sart line slong railway track southwest Of Arras. Despite the fact that the battalion cantor ds tanks (weighing about 10 tons each, with ‘crew of two and armed with Vickers machine uns) were available, plus seven Mark tanks (weighing 25 tons, carrying a crew of four, ‘and armed with the two-pounder antitank fun) Borrowed fom another ust. ‘Sharp at 11 a.m all moved off in proper “Daily Telegraph by Mes Douslar Willams. forder towards the start tine, while the commanding offcer and the adjuiant. went orward in fight tanks to make contact with the battalion “of Durham Light. Infantry which they were instructed 19 support. On Arrival, however, at Anzin St. Abin, where the rendezvous had been givea, they found that the infantry had not arrived, and they ‘id not, i fact, put in am ‘The attack, however, ‘began promptly at2 p.m, and os the tanks rolled forward they came into immediate contact with the enemy in strong force. The crossing of the rail way was made difficult by the fact that it was ere running through a cutting apd could be crossed only at a few places, and, in the hope of clearing out ‘enemy forces which were holding “them up, the Seven large tanks” were ordered forward to deal With them. They were not seen again and were pre- Sumably either ‘capuured ‘or immobilized. Shortly afterwards the remainder of the tank force came under heavy fire from anti- tank guns, bu they had no trouble in silencing the enemy a6 soon as the latter's positions were given away by the flash of the fst ischarye. The German crews packed up fand moved off in a hurry at the first burst of our machine-gun fie. ‘The enemy infantry showed no. great courage. On many occasions parties of them caine cunning towards the British tanks, ‘undoing their ammunition and revolver belts ‘5 they did so, and handing these in through the flaps to the British crews inside, ‘the evacuation ne an described in the Tn other cases, 0 terrified were the Germans that in ther eagerness to surrender they even climbed on top of the tanks and perched there with their hands in the ai. Others lay down, shamming dead, and one tank, investigating a. gravel pit, found no fewer “than 30 Germans lying huddled together, hoping they would be passed over asdead, though inthis they were disillusioned ‘By this time the batle bad spread out cover a large area and had developed into Individual fighting by individual tanks. | A ‘umber of our tanks had had to be discarded owing to mechanical breakdowns, and Wireless communication sets on those still ‘engaged were out of action or could not be Used, as there had been no time to tune in all the sets on the sume frequency ‘We were inflicting heavy losses, nd matters were progressing very. favourably Until the commanding oficer, stil directing the battle from his ight tank, was killed by a direct hit from a German field batery at Point-blank range as he stood up in the Control tower. There were stil about a dozen tanks in this area.” These were collected together by the senior officer present, and he led them to contact the Durham Light Infantry, who were how observed advancing across country "open order" with tit ils atthe“ ready” and with Germans emerging from the crops round them with thet hands up surrendering. Further on, the British tanks suddenly came upon a collection of German vebiles, Including two. enormous sit-whecled petrol Containers. ‘They opened immediate fre and destroyed the fot including the petrol anks, holding thousands of gallons, which burnt fiercely. BY this time contact with the infantry had fagtin been lost, and it later appeared that the D.LI. had’ suffered heavy’ losses from & German dive-bombing attack which had forced the men to disperse into cover. ‘All the afternoon fighting. continued wnti, towards the evening, the tanks rallied behind the infantry wiveh were found spain holding a position at Beaursin. Operations were confused, and nether side had any lear’ information where the other was. ‘AL about nine o'clock, When the Tank Adjutant ‘was holding a conference at a crossroad with the ‘Acting Commanding Officer of the D.LA. (the CO. having become a7 Sepleter 20, 1940 casualty), they heard a rumble of tanks ‘approaching. It was dark by this time, with a heavy pall of smoke from burning vehicles ‘covering. the countryside, The - Durham fomfccr insisted thatthe tanks were German 3 the adjutant was equally positive that they Finally, the adjutant decided to walk forward and find out for himsel, and as he ‘met the lending tank he tapped on the visor wvith couple of maps he held in his hand. The tank stopped, and to hs horror a couple ‘of German heads popped out of the Maps He turned and ran like a hare 300 yards down the road, with the Germans shooting ‘a bio with al they had. The burst of fre had warned the British tanks of the enemy's proximity, and a heavy pitched battle ensued at less than 300 yards? Fange between the ten small Betsh tanks 23 German and British Tanks in the Battle of France & and five big German ones. For ten minutes, violent fighting continued at this point-blank range, with tanks on cach side shooting at fun flashes from the other side. Finaly, the British tanks dropped a smoke candle Which caused a fll for 2 couple of minutes {nd then fighting was resumed with greater Luckily for ws, because by this time ammunition was fanning low, the Germans dlded that’ they hid bad’ enough, and jumbered away into the darkness, By tis time it was 10 o°clock, and in the absence of definite orders. the ‘tank com manders were instructed 19 withdraw, and Started theie. way back to. Vimy. They Tetiened cross-country, passing a wood fl fof Durning German’ vehicles. and alte Srossing, the River Scirpe at. Anvin they Feached theie encampment in the Bois de la Folie just as dawn was breaking.The War Hsrated September 290, 1040 Three Arms of German Might in Occupied FranceSeplember 2008, 1940 The War Muatrted os What We Have Learned in a Year’s A.R.P. BY SIR ALEXANDER ROUSE, C.LE. Here, appropriate to the experiences of the citizens of this Country stoleally enduring daiyale attack, is a review of the lessons ofcally drawn from the experiences of the [st twelve months” work in ARP. Sic Alexander Rouse writes with the authority Sot his position of Chief Engineer to the Ministry of Home Security rm a year of war it is possible to review the results of bombing and Compare them with the effects which were anticipated and ‘on’ which the shelter poliy of the Government was based. That Policy was designed to give protection from the splinters and. blast of a heavy igh explosive bomb bursting within $0 0. of a Structure or shelter, and it may be said with confidence that the effects experienced hhave eon less. devastating than anticipated Dweling-houses are completely destroyed only" by a. ditect hit somewhere near’ the centre. Hits near the side, or nearmisses, ‘only remove part of the house, and unless the oecupants happen to be in this part they have usually escaped without serious injury, and even when the house had. been com Dletely destroyed, survivors have often been rescued from the debris. I have seen a fase where a_ heavy bomb exploded so close to two semi-detached houses that the walls ‘were within the crater, which was 40 f, wide and. about 10 fk deep; the houses were {aid completely a ‘A woman with her baby who were in the upper storey were, however, taken from the ‘wreckage suffering only from bruises, having iboen protected by a couch which turned upeide down on top of them. That was Tuck. Ta nother case a grt took shelter under the Lichen table and inspite of the whole house ‘coming down she was rescued unhurt But haturally alittle shaken, and affirmed. that Hitler was not going to ftighten her ! In the former ease the woman and the baby were lucky, but in the later the gi! 100K a sensible precaution, "In all houses there are places ‘hich are safer thaa others, and if there i 00 Time to get into the shelter it fs always worth, while getting imo the safest place. possible, having thought out beforehand where such places are ‘The shelters which have been provided or recommended by the Government have all come up to expectations in providing pro- tection and have even proved more fl cious. The Anderson ‘steel shelter has ood up to bombs at a distance of only ON. away, provided that it has been covered With the correct amount of earth, that is, 15 inches on top and 30 inches atthe sides and back, It is deplorable, however, that so many peopie have not taken the trouble to give {he correct. amount of earth, and disaster hhas followed in many cases ‘of which ex amples are given in. the photographs. Th the offal instructions for the erection fof these shelters it was stated that if the ‘entrance was within 15 fl of the house oF Substantial wall, no bafe wall in front was Pecessary as if was considered that any- thing falling closer than this would be pretty sure to wreck the shelier. Experience, however, has proved that even ifthe shelter {5 only 6 fect or 8 feet from the house or wal 2 very large additional amount of protection is given by erecting a baMe wal, since a bom falling between house and tafe wall wil very possibly not hurt the occupants ofthe shelter. 'S0 much has been said by the Press about the protection afforded by the Anderson sel shelters that the popular fancy, which ‘was once inclined to scorn them, is n0W Sctual numberof first-line machines is much less There ae ‘Spwards of thirty types, but a large proportion are outeassed See Drassngs taker by per. Imision from Chart of Tala Aireyaft ined By igh Publishing Co, Lidy Dorset House, Stamford Street, London, SE Fighters AMONG Maszlicis more modern fers are the Macehi C200 (shown here) tand the Fat G go” Sapl-sea tonoplenen with a rail cago, they fare sald tobe robust nd cape of aay manoeuvre, bu thelr sped as judged Sy RAE standards is low’ Two teem, machine-guns are fted, When fre forward. Somewhat oi an anachron sm among these ight ert the Fia'GR (shown at let, a biplane machine resembling pe hat Brita {a Seadiy replacing by others of more madera design Bombers Ltaly'sthree-engined bombers nce the Savoia Marcheti 879 and $8 (top) ‘i eogpesfesebe our Bristl Pegasus ype An rereertre ofthe fw engined bombing craft we itatrate the Savon Marche $8 (belom), designed oP ave bombing and. ground attack,” Another twosmatt Sori, the Fat BR) is armed wit fr machines gins Seaplanes “The Regia Aeronautica comprises ao that 340 seaplanes and ying-boats, many of them fast becoming obsolete, “The proviso of ths comparative Inege momber indicates appaenty that tly ttens ota the utmost 8 {hte of her island basen” Among the fasten teaplanes are the threemotor ‘ete Z goes.Phe War Hsroled September 00, 1910 War’s Curtain-Raiser in the Western DesertThe War Winsted m When a Bomb Fell at Buckingham PalaceHat # London’s Blackout Pierced by Leaping ‘Firesre Fighters Did a Man’s Job in the Battle of LondonThe War Huatrate 0 Goering Sends His Bombers to London,26 he War Tustroed September 004, 1940 London Feels the Full Blast of Nazi Fury ‘With the mass raids that began on September 7—mate-murder raids they might well be styled London became the chief chjective of the Nant" aerial onslaught.” Some dctail of {he days’ and nights" horror, thot by many a gleam of human heroism, are given below. rnstan alr activites during Wednesday Inthe afternoon a lage force crossed the Kent marked out asthe putting up of a defensive 1nd Thursday September 4and 5 gave coast and then split up info two groups, barrage to keep the raiders. fying high Tide bint of the murderous raids that being joined by others which had followed. Our fighters and ground defences topethec were to shock the world during the days to Ranging along both sides of the ‘Thames destroyed some 154 cacmy slrcraft ia the four come. On the night of Tuesday, September 3, Estuary, they tried to bomb aerodromes days September 3-6, with alos to the R.A F tombs were dropped in the Bristol Channel but wore frustrated by our fighters. They of 71 machines and 30 pilots ‘area and the north-west of Britain. Though dropped. bombs on an industrial’ under- — On Saturday, September 7, Hitler launched buildings were wrecked there were few liking Inthe first altempt, made at 9 whal was douttless intended to be a crucial casualties. "Next "morning there began the a.m. about 280 bombers and fighters had attack on London and the south-east, from ‘sual raids on aerodromes in Kent and Essex. been employed, coming over in waves of 20 which the Nazis probably expected. rexul In London isl, during Wednesday, the to 30. At half-past two came another mass like those achieved in the mass onslaught sirens sounded at 9.19 am, at 1.27 pm, attack, which lasted two hours. London's on. Rotterdam in May. Five hundred and finally at 9.5 p.m. The last raid con third alarm of the day was at 9.18 pm, raiders took par, and nearly a quarter of ‘thea fell victim fo our fighters and gunsers. ‘The first attack fasted 1] hours, and as the encmy machines flew up the Thames Tinued pricticaily ali night. Thovgh many fires were started they were soon ‘pul out ind the damage was inconsiderable.- In the London area damage and casualies were ‘ery slight. A.A. guuners shot down, ‘ele 20h raider Juring this day. When large numbers. of enemy icra crossed the coast on Thors- ‘ay morning some managed t0 get through to the outskirts of London, ‘where, in the south, they damaged ‘communications tosome iteexteat than any previously sencouetered Bat by sheer numerical superiority they managed to force some of the bombers past our "outer efences, and to’ drop bombs on facrodromes in Kent, Surrey and ‘Sussex. Making for' the London companied fy geite aria the “creche St Sidings ‘Phas, Beh Ofte: Crowe Copyright ushering ina raid which continued until Friday morning. Although a large public shelter ina London square was hit by a tomb, only two out of the thousand persons within were burt. a ‘With ‘hardly ‘a respite the enemy raids tegan again at 830-am. on Friday. In an hour our fighiers shot dows between thirty and forty enemy aircraft. Most fof the fighting took place over ‘Kent and Sussex, and fiae work was done by a Polish squadron. In three raids some 680 German sicraft were engaged —300 in the morning, 200 about “midday when the Kent coast ‘was again the objective, and 100, followed Tater by another $0, inthe late afternoon ‘A few minutes before 9 p.m. two bombs vere dropped in the London area by a single actoplane. Baffled. by the fierce barrage, other raiders sheered off and attempted 10 bet through from another direction, again ‘without success. Flares were used ‘by: the fnemy. to light up his targets, and both fire-bombs and “demolition bombs were dropped in many districts. The sinth raid Of the day lasted Trom 11.34 p.m. 19 14 a.m, fn Saturday. picts a seven days the A.A. gunners had shot "whetertughay ema atte ta ot own 61 ralders, « remarkable achievement a en fof an arm whose main purpose had beenThe War erated Septemter 201, 1940 But ‘We Can Stick It’ Say the Cockneys emia ebacine ware ne ing he rite Set es Kou Sn Serie tthe ade Docks, the main force few up the river, with ferocious dos-fights developing all the ‘way along from the coast. They" reached a districts of London and attacked ‘plants on both sides of the Thames Many. incendiary bombs were dropped, and fires were slaried which Tater served as ‘beacons 10 guide the night raiders. Inthe late afternoon other large formations (numbering 230 in all) came over the coast and headed up the Estuary for eight and a Quarter hours —untl dawn, In Tact—the Nazis' desperate attempts” went on to subjugate London, They filed, im the face (Of the incomparable skill and daring of our fighter pilots and the splendidly organized resets sentient and manned ground defences. A.A. gunners ‘uring. Saturday shot down 28 raiders, and 7S. were destroyed by our pilots. The asualies were 306 killed and 1,337 injured. ‘OF material damage there was plenty as the rut of this india attack on non targets. The densely” popula Est End of London appeared {o have been elibeatey selected for punishment. Tm South London another crowded area around the Elephant and Castle was bombed ‘after flares had shown the Nazi pilots the ‘ature oftheir target. [AU fist the raiders Kept mainly to military objectives, but later in’ the day—stung. t0 Sesperation, perhaps by the strength of our Seg = Sores signe oppasition—all_ pretence of discrimination must have been abandoned and the raids became a fury of wanton. destruction and ‘mass murder. By a thousand-to-one chance a ‘Domb falling on a very strong underground shelter, where a thousand people were taking Fefuge, went down through a narrow ventlat- ing shaf.” About 16 were killed and 40 injured, but there was no panic. "Three London hospitals (one each in the Central, Southwest and. Eastern districts) were bombed oa Sunday night ina tenchour ‘ry of blind savagery, as one London acws- fraper termed it, which began at dusk. The Faiders closed in on the Metropolis about 8 p.m. and again sought out the East End. ‘But this time Central London also suffered severely. Two muscums were damaged. In ‘one London hospital heavy bombs fell on the sleping quarters of the night staff, and Four masseuses and two nurses were trapped. ‘When an aerial torpedo. demolished a block of flats in the East End more than fifty Soe tt Dally Raven Garman zien Bustos Angee « 1075 bi people were killed; twelve families had taken Fefuge ia a buttressed ground floor of the building” Londoa railways were divorganized bby damage done near one terminus, but ther services were improvised om Monday, September 9.” The death roll was 286 bout 1,400 were seriously injured, "After a quiet day London heard the sirens at 5.10 pam. but_ the enemy was soon Forced 10 Me. Some damage was done by individual raiders, At 849 p.m. the night attacks began" Bombs were scattered at random over London without any di tinction of objectives,” said an Air Ministry communiqué of Tuesday, September 10. 2° They have fallen in the’ City and caused fires in the immediate viciity of St. Paul's Cathedral and the ‘Guildhall; They. have fallen on a large maternity hospital which ‘was twice attacked, a umber of casualties being eaused.”” Other targets were & poor law institution for the aged, an LCC. Rousing estate, and large numbers of wor men's cottages in the East End, "Warehouses near St. Paul's were set om fire and So damaged as to be past saving, though the blaze was localized,September 004 1940 The War Mstraed In A Crescendo of Fury the Air War Goes On ‘Aithough in September the bombing of London suggested that the Nazis had abandoned al pres ol seeing onl mltary objective we may race some onto i thet of destructive rage.” The various stages in the aril offensive are outlined below ie air baile continues,"” said Mr. ‘Chorchill in. the House of Com ‘mons on September 5, “In July ‘here was a great deal of ait activity, August has been a real fighting month . . «we must ‘be prepared for heavier fighting in this month of September. ‘Within less than 48 hours events more than justied: the Premier's words of warsing, In the afternoon of Saturday, September 7, cloud of German raiders appeared above London—the first of many mass raids on the Empire's capital. “Wisin a few hours hun- dreds of Londoncrs—humble, altogether efenceless folk Tor the most part—were killed, and thousands were injured more or less seriously ; hundreds of litle homes were shattered, hospitals were laid in ruins, many org sendy ig are tnd a — public buildings hit, and the means of com- ‘munication temporarily dislocated, ‘Why was it that only now after a full year ‘of war London became the tarset of Nazi bombs? “Hitler would have us Believe that the had spared the great city out of mag- 7 he simply hated to think of the his surprise speech at Berlin on September 4 hhe shouted that if the British did not cease their attack on the German cites, theq "we will simply raze theirs. We will all a hale 19 ‘these night pirates. If the British throw two, ‘or three thousands of bombs we will unload 150, 180, yes, 200 thousand. = ‘The creator and captain of the Luftwaffe ‘made simile Boast. In a broadcast from his headquarters in’ Northern France on September 8, Field Marshal Goering said "Now is the historic hour when for the fist time the German Ait Force has struck at the heart of the enemy. After all the British provocative attacks oo Berlin the Fuchrer ecided to order reprisal blows against BRITAIN’S MOST CRITICAL HOUR: INVASION—TO BE OR NOT TO BE? Tins arteies one mntacesseeeet etree a" ies "proparcais Yor tnsos 80 pan seh “Extracted from Sr. Winston Churchit!s Br London. 1 personally assumed command of ‘these victorious German sirmen, who for the first time have been attacking London in ‘broad daylight, accompanied by their brave fighter comrades."" But important as the propaganda value of the raids on London must be in Germany, it {is far more reatonable to suppose that the Dombing is part of a deliberate plan—a plan, which has for is object the actual conquest of these islands by an army of invasion. FoF lowing the collapse of France in June the Germans at once begaa moving thie ai force nearer (0 the coast, occupying in particular all the principal. aerodromes in ‘northern France. ‘From there they delivered. their large-scale attacks on the convoys of mer~ ‘chantmen in the Channel; after atime these AERIAL ‘been manifested beyond a doubt to all the the aircraft factories, doubtless in the Of dislocatng the one and 50 hampering ‘work ofthe other that it would be impossible for Britain to achieve not merely equality with Germany in the air, but that superiority 3. Tn these objectives, 100, THE PREMIER'S HISTORIC WORDS i ita Se eteton ‘ends oe Trios Sage 3 ‘ceased, perhaps because they had proved in almost every case too costly. ‘Then came the turn of the ports—Dover, Folkestone, Portsmouth, Southampton, Wey- mouth, and the rest—and the aerodrosmes in the coastal districts, No" doubt it was Intended that aller 2 short time the ports should be incapable of receiving and handling shipping, and the aerodromes. would be put ‘out of action so that Britain's fighters would have to operate at an ever greater distance from the coast. But not only have the ports, ‘both naval and commercial, continued 19 remain open, but the RA.F. have not had {to evacuate a single aerodrome in the southern and south-eastern area. ‘Nor have the Germans succeeded in wearing down the defence; the reserves of fighter Aircraft and of the men 40 fy them are not ‘nly large but are constaatly replenished, and thas not been found necessary for adit fighters to be drafted to the coast from other “That the offensive power of the RAF. has not been. diminished. by the ‘erce Struggle in which they are engaged bas WAR OVER LONDON A cs er’ | i RRR cess cad Sch oe eet of shes Smee tine of frightulness, and from what they ‘were able to accomplish in’ Poland and Holland, in Belgiam and France, they may ‘well believe that in course of time the Beitsh public must erack under the strain of heavy And sustained ai bombardment, just as the Peoples of the Continent have dove. But, as Mr. Churchill phrased it," we have no doubt that tbe whole nation, taking its example from our, airmen, will stand up to it, grim and. gay "";_and the American correspon- ents it London have not been able to find ‘Words strong enough to express their admirax tion of the way in which the people of Britain are standing up to their ordeal. AS. for nal London, the oficial communiqué issued on September 9 rendered them no more. than ‘their due when it said that" its citizens have ‘met the blind savagery of these latest night attacks with admirablecourage end resource.”*The War Hstraed September 20, 1940 From the — ‘Raider Over’ to _— ‘All Clear’September 208, 1010 The Wer Mbetrated om Rumania Finds a Scapegoat in King Carol ‘After ten years of uneasy tenure of Rumania's throne, reputedly ve most ‘of the few stl left in this modern world, Carol abdicated on September © and. Sought Tefuge in Switzerland one i was ght onthe morning of Bi Sturssy september 7, King Chol af 'Romania let hs” Country, an cil forthe second tne Heft tehind im S Capial ‘shows were ied with demonstrator where police and ion Gusrds had been ating nen the royal palace and trope had been aed out foie ars and teorga agit the oer “few hours before Ring Carol ha abd coted in the great marble Brone-toom of he palace in Bachar” have decided 19 rete" be deed ithe procamation hemade this people, in face of the mi: fortunes which Rave come to this cout. hore by this seiice fo uve my cours 2rd hope wil ot be inva” So King Gitot "sata, "and forthe second time in his nnccen years of fe his 08 hard the bare ‘of trumpets andthe peone thowting” "God. save King” Michal ‘What a ifetine of romance and danger ould the royal fugitive lok back upon a he train bore hn acow the Bahan Swat land and retrement Not yt 47 yours, ne wat te son of King Felons T wb ‘ected hit uncle, Carel yin 1914; and his mother, Queen Marie, was a. daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh. From the days of Is youth Carol was a thorn in the flesh to his father, although he shared 10 a large extent his mother's love for England and things English, ‘Towards the end of the Great War the fll in love with one Mlle, Zii Lambrino, Seughter of a Romanian attr officer fand'to the surprise of the world and the ‘disgust of his family, married her. A year fortwo later, however, he consented 10 the annulment of the marriage ; and in 1921" he married Princess Helena, daughter (of King ‘Constantive of Greece. A. son ‘vas bora to the young couple in October Of the same year—Prince Mihai, the. King Michael of today, but in avery short time Carol tired of his wie, and found a new love in the person of Magia Lupescu, who divorced her husband, an army ofcer, when the prince became enamoured of her. For the second time Carol was compelled to choose between the woman he loved. and Bis right to the throne, and forthe second time he ‘chose the woman, ‘A woman ‘of great intelligence land ‘commanding. per: sonality, with flaming ted air,” writes John Gunther, ** her charms were such that Carol fave, up a throne for her" He quarreled violently with Feedin- fndand Marie, deserted his princes, and. for some” time wandered ‘with Lupescu about Europe. When King Ferdinand died in 1927 Carol was still an exile, his son Prince Michael, then a boy of six years old, was proclaimed King as Michael I with a Council ‘of Regency. For three years Carol and Lupescu continued in their Surrey home or passed from hotel to hotel on the Continent ‘Then in June 1930 he made a dramatic como-buck. He arrived in. Bucharest by aeroplane, and in a few days his restoration was” complete. ‘King Michael became Prince of Alba Julia and was packed off to school again. Shortly afterwards Mme. TKupescu also came back to. Bucharest, and there she lived until the other day ina house not far from the Palace. For ten yeare Carol ruled the country, at frst through a Tacade of allegedly or party governments, and then latterly as a Aictator ia fact if pot in name. His part was a dificult one to play, for Rumania was hhoneycombed with minorities whose claims were more of fess actively supported by the counties surrounding he, three of whom had ‘Something of his colourful career i told below, been despoiled in 1919 to make Rumani reat. ‘Though himself half a Hohencollern and possessed, 30 Ht has been said, with 2 sor ‘epitious admiration for Hite, he found his thief epponents in the Fascist organization Which sprang into being in Rumania in particular, the Iron Guard, which, suppressed fore than once and its leaders executed ot "Shot while trying to escape, till managed to maintain a subterranean existence In 1940 his difficulties came to a head, for following the radical transformation in the ‘heart of Europe, all the countries with claims against Rumania. were encouraged 10 make them, Faced already by 20 many foes, Kin Carol endeavoured to make a patched-op peace within. On June 21 he issued & decree Creating anew National Party under bis Supreme leadership and including members ofthe Tron Guard and of the Peasant Party, headed by De. Mani But the national unity was short-lived, and following the cession of Bessarabia and Bokovina to Russia, « number of Rumanian statesmen, including De. Mani, and the eade's of the Liberal Party, Professor Jorga and M. Bratianu, issued a manifesto opposing further cession of Rumanian teritory. But before ‘August was out half Transylvania had been abandoned to Hungary by the Vienna Award (Gee page 272), Greater Rumania was ina state of collapse, and in the search for a Seapegoat it was’ but natural that the Iron ‘Guard in particular, should fad hie in the King ‘On Sept.4 M. Gigurty, the _pro-German premier who had accepted the ultimatum from the Auis Powers demanding the return of the areater part of Transylvania, was compelled {o resign, and in his place King Carol ap- pointed ‘General Ton ‘Antonescu, who the fhext day was granted Dictator's powers ‘Another day passed, and Antonescu pre- ented a demand for the King’s abdication 0 once more Carol became an exile: and as his train crossed the frontier imo Juso- Slavia its windows were riddled. with bullets ‘The Iron Guard had the nit word Indtaprignatletse Mich onthe sivone THES Raine seteThe War Mstrated September 2, 1040 OUR SEARCHLIGHT ON THE WAR British Biscuits for the World ‘nono on by Me. F, D'Arcy Cooper, ‘chairman ofthe Exccutive Commies the Export Counel, who told then they could have ail the sugar and flour they Mesmed, biscuit manufacturers sn Great Blain” are cooperating. to. deen, si et the already large export trade in Cakes and biscuits, It is worth today hall million pounds a year, for the 400 diferent ‘rseties are eaten im sil the free countries of the world, each country having ils own reference. ‘Continental markets have, of ours, closed, ‘but new profitable markets fave been ‘opened. with the US.A., South ‘Ameria, India, Malaya, Dutch Fast Indies, nd vaio pre of he etn Erp The development of all export trade ts now 2 inatier "of urgency, (0. provide. additional Foreign ‘exchange Tor” war’ supplies. from HLMS. ‘Truant* to the Rescue Htt9~2F should one, speaking of a shi, ‘ray. heromne tof several remarkable exploits, including the sinking ofthe German sruuer""Karlseuhe,"" HLM «submarine Sfruant "has added to her gallant history by rescuing a captive Britsh crew. Here i the" story. On. patrol off Cape Finstere, STruant surfaced “to investigate the “Jentity”and business of a strange ship. The Iitter tured out to be the Norwegian mere chantman * Trop Sea," captured. by an fpemy raider and bound for Germany ‘in charge of prize crew. Also aboard were the captain and crew of the British steamer “"iaxby," previously sunk by the raider. Unmerved. by the advent of, the submarine, the ‘Germans scutled the ** Tropic” Sea, and, with thelr Britsh and "Norwegian Prsovers, tOok tothe ‘boats. HM. PTruant," aller a litle competent sorting, {ook on board the 24 British seamen and the Norwegian capt is wife.” Having no room for more survivors. she left the mainder in thet boats in the middle of @ alm sea, She then got into touch with the RAF. whose fhiig-boats ‘proceeded 10 thete fescue, and have since” brovsht one boatload of Norwegians to England Negro Governor Shows the Ws Jost of the French possewons in Ati Moya "now "repost the Vichy Government snd joined General de Gaile The ead was gen by Chad Teron, whose Governor te remaahle personas" He SM Aabiohe Falk Soieste. Eboug tego torn in_1884 im” Cayenne, French Gina, OF Aftican parentage. Holding Governinent scholarship, he sdied law and Colonial” administration atthe" Sorbonne, ‘Seame Leut-Covernor ofthe French Sudan nd ter on of Guadeloupe, West Indes. But ie reforms be ‘introduced Tato the sugar Plantations inorder o mprove conditions for The'natve workers so farmed the planers that they contied fo get him recalled for onsulaion "wit the French Colonial “ie result was his tanserense 10 hod: which he govern with marked sussex, Dental Ambulance from U.S.A. wantcae dentey has alway been Alniciivcd and neve move’ than snhen i's combined wt pase surgery ih themertl rebulding of an inured feo Jane The American ena profestion, wth al ‘gencroty and underandeg, has pend othe cith Misty ot Heat fal ambulance “aut symbol of the wilagnss of ai Artian elses 6 bold Dut hsiping hand fo the Bich people itv BE manned by 8 dena surgeon, a astc surgeon, a dental mechanic and an naesthetst and is equipped as an emergency rating room which can be transported 10 (von the spot any disiguled soldier oF snvwho cannot be moved Ghost Ship Attacks German Navigation erwerne August 18, and 26. six” Nazi ‘rerchantmen, including 2 10,0000 anker, were destroyed outside Oslo. Ia sddition, hundreds of bodies. in “German Ciforms have been washed up at varout parts of the coast belwcen, Trondheio and Tromso. “The authorities teieve that they {re Tram (foopahips which were bound for the Narvik seston.” The Norwegians would Iike to sahign responsibly for these sipkin {0 the torpede-boat "" Siipner,"” whose ‘cxploits, real or mythical, few months 389 fired popular Imagination. Another theory fe'that British submarines are active in the fiom fey pes Syria Under Axis Control Hack of ostentation strangely at Wrens vite the cheracier of Dictator surea,"tn Tullan armistce, comiton jive at Berut‘on_ August 28‘and st to ‘work atone, in apie Sim strong. ner Torrent of hosity onthe pat ofthe inhabit Sng it sted” than aa tnentary of toltary mates being made, and th the removal ‘or desructon® of war equipment Sich at “planes, armoured cars and pons is ‘many Ninaleexr'seiete” SS fone of the objectives of the commission Four’ thousand’ demobilized men of the garrison have. already been ‘Teturned “10, Franco, and Vallans.fermery interned, have been released. The French’ High Commis: Me Pusu. has" urged upor jon the need for discipline, hard wo voidance of profiteering. Rationing ‘Of meat has begun, and there isa shortage of Sigur, rie, and eapectilly of petrol, due 10 the stoppage of supplies By sex Saved from the ‘ Orzel? "Te Polish, submarine ** Orzel** was, on ‘June. 13, presumed to be lost with all hhands as her return from patrol was $0 long ‘overdue. | Word has now been received, Vi Stockholm, that "part of er crew were rescued by the Germans and Sent to hospital SU Gdynia, This is good news indeed, for the. Oracl“" was famous Tor many daring ‘exploits "When Hitler invaded Poland at the beginning of ‘September 1939, she was trapped in pert-at Gdynia, but escaped to Seam spite of an attack from the Na Meet rn Sepiember 13, when she put into Talon {o'tand her sick capi, the Fatonan author ties"made gn atlempt to iter her and Coofecaled her ‘charts rose blocke_ and tmost of Ree torpedoes, The crew of the SBiarine home dot ae ye fo 9S ‘it them: and'they overpowered the guard, {ut through the mooring ropes. and made thei way to ses once More, "Enis sory has tren (old in Page ST, Volume lA month Inter, “afer tneredibe experiences the 2 Gret eas prowl escorted into harbour by 2 Briich‘deswoyer and thereafter threw 1m ber fot with the Royal Navy-_ Later she istinguhed herstf by sinking a German transport carrying troops to Norvay- “Leaves of Fire’ furn’s much advertised |“ new ‘weapons ™ sctm to have fizzled out oF missed. their mark. Quietly, without. pre Timinary’ warning, the RAF. have. iotro- diced @ pew weapon White ceting havoe famong the enemy's war supplies. Ht is an incendiary. weapon, described asa. self iting fal and 1S ocsigned to set Bre 10 miliary stores stonding. inthe “open. to frsenals, ammunition dumps, conesatations ‘of trues or lorries, and alto, under suitable onditions, to woods in which an ammun ffon plant of 8 mittary depot ties concealed. ‘The eat or cellotd card, 8 2 inches ‘igure, snd. 250,000 can be carried in one “Blane: “The indignant. Germans have ae ready stated that they exuse potsoning, but {his is of cour, ‘se. They are not powsondus buts hike any” other incendiary Bomb they cause" burns.” More than a sion have ‘been seatered over 8 wide rea in Germany lssly daring. the daring might raids carted out by the RAF pare {ularly over the Black Forest and the dense Sood ofthe Hare Mountains V.C., Reported Dead, Now Safe OY Avaist 6 King George. presented privately (6 Miss Harry Nicholl. wile of Lince-Corporal Harry ‘Nicholl, of the ‘Grenadier Guards, the Victona. Cross won by her husband om May 21 for an act of reat gallantry apainst the enemy oa the Banks ‘of the Scheidt Gee page 139). At the very star, of the action he had been ‘erry wound inthe arm, at conned o engage the German infantry, causing ‘many casualties and making, them fall back: He himelt received Unree further wounds, And_was believed to have died. But cat in Sepiember Mrs. Nicholls received a tele. ‘gram to say that her husband was safe and Was reported to be'a prisoner of war.Seplenter 200, 140 The War Husratet Our Shelter Shook—and So Did We Saturday, Se 7, 1940, saw the frst of the mass raide on ptember London made with such savage ferocity by the Nazi bombers. The ‘are chiefly alected was the East End. The following tory wa" {eld us by « member of "The War Iustrated "stafe-a sinter: "year‘old piel whose home Is in the heart of Dockland. Bice ee Tn the afternoon we beard gunfire and ‘planes which. we Knew must be “Jens, 49 we all weat into our Anderson sheltering father and mother, my beotber tied. 13, and my tle sister of 7. Planes ame over in thee lots—we could them very plaitly—and the guns sent ‘pi terrific barrage. We could hear bombs ‘whistling down all round us at we cowered inthe back Of the shelter, expecting to be hit very moment. Bombs were dropping in a field’ behind us, and’ we thought that if they didn’t hit us" they. would. surely bit “our house, where we had had to leave our poor ile “dog, We could hear er brig furiously at every explosion. “Our shel shook, and’ so did we, but ty small sit ‘went fo aleep and never heard a hing. The Fst of us ale sweets and tried to pretcad we ‘ight mind. All the tne fre-engines were ‘ushing past clanging their bell When the All Clear sounded and we stared to come Out ofthe shelter, my brother fires eine 'te'commemorsta the rest Fire ot Landon of Tad in th canta erro, ‘The fora moment that our house was on sald,“ Haso't it got dark 2°" Father said it was because we fad been in the seller but it wasn't. It was great smoke cloud allover the sky—awiul thick, black smoke, ‘which made our faces dirty: “We thought Eye Witness Stories of Episodes and Adventures in the ‘Second Great War tater down, We col a es al dozen fies Blazing and great fumes shooting wp into the sky ‘That same night when the “Jctries™ came tack: my old schoo! was it by an incenditry 1° saw ope window bright with amet, and when t looked again the whol school sas Blazing. “Only, the fou walls tere left standing. We had {0 go back inte Sur shelter before nine o'clock, and al spent the rest of the night there.” We lay on our bras, but could pot soep because the noise ‘was 30 awful, But it dat seem to worry ‘my brother and sister, aad they slept peace: fly. We Dived to 800 Feet to Bomb Kiel “The nara: dockyard at Kiel—a favourite objective of the RAF. — was subjected to. swift attack by heavy bombers on August 27. In the face of « Serce barrage oF ant lights, one plot came down by te search erat Bee, blinded at tims Boo feet over the Jocks 12 drop his bombs, Hite is bir own dramatic story of Ue scene, cscrunna the raid fiom start to finish, the bomber ‘pilot said ‘Going out the weathse was fairly good and we eamte Out about fees miles Nostn'of the target, managed to get a pood “pinpoint “and then turned and Bew south, “There was no enemy activity oF any dese tion, while we were going down to un carget, po.” Flak" and-90 searchlighis, We few slong at about Urteen thowand feet and ‘hen came round slightly east ofthe target ‘One searchlight picked us up and. then suddenly we seemed tobe in the centre of the biggest collecion ‘of antiaircraft bursts land searchlighis T have ever ssen. They all ‘ame-on at ooce—just as though somebody had: pushed over a switch. We flew ony, taking ordinary evasive action, We dropped 4lae, but wit allthis" Flak " coming up we dida’t have time to walt and sce what ‘happened. ‘We had worked i all out before we took ‘off, and'| was manoeuvring 10 tr) 10 get the {arg in between us and the moon, though tunately the moon was only just coming. ‘up and wasn’t very bright. From my height eould defintely make out the shape of the Mole. Theres was no. mistaking. ke AGecided to take the odd chance and we Went ‘down inn. dive to. BOD fest. Tas trying to keep the target just under agate note of the ara al the time Welpot upa dickens of a speed. estimate sre were doing about 330 mp. on the cock When we got down to about £000 they had about "TS “searchlight ‘00 us. "The Reavy Flak " bad been comin up all the time, and now the ligt "Flak" started. It just ‘ame straight up at ws have never seca 30 ‘much before 1 thought, we coulda’t go beck, having got so far, 0 we just carted on. The lower we eat the mae tease he” Hak Desame ‘Now and then Twas able to Catch «imps Of the Mole ta front of us. It was impossible fo say Yor certain whether there was a ship there or not {saw a long dark shope to the ‘west of it which certainly 1ooked like a ship. We just carried on diving I gave the ‘order t0 release the bombs at 800 feet Then Staight away we shot down 10 one hundred Feet over the Mole and just abowe the water ‘There seemed to be mace searclights than ever AL times Twas. blided. It wat impossible to see the Fesults of the bombing. Suddenly, in front of me: I saw a lot of woes coming up srnight ahead. One of the searchlight, fattening out (0 try 10 catch us,om hha illuminated them, just in time for me 10 see them. I pulled the aircraft up, and we ‘went over te top. The trouble’ was we {idn't “dare go up Yoo high becayse 38 toon swe did. every gun in the place slanted pening up. 1 tried going, upto 300 feet. Bor alte guns seemed tobe banging away at us. It was incredibles We went down flow agnin aod flew over the town at about 100 ‘The front and rear gunners were blazing avi a ihe pote of freon the round ‘They ied up about 3,000 rounds Between Ahem, "We must hate Sayed over the town for about ten minutes, just charging beck Wards “and forwards eying 10. get-away Practically all the time we were a about 160 feet. Iwas trying 1 head wes, but as 000 88 Tia that they put up a trie barrage 0 front of us. Tost hoped to get cut oft ut T must say 1 never realy expected that we Boul. We trent south, cigeagsing all the time, We Bot about I mics away and then, although fre mere being shot at we were aie 10 gan Ase went’ Up. we bad t0 take Solent aa acon 'all"the time, ‘bot Fnaly we pot away. ‘All In the Day’s Work’ in London on September 10, Me. Churchill Inspecting raid damage sympathized with aunliary firemen who had been 0 aid one. of them, Tigh ih plato the AT'S. is cxemplited by fours day's work.” Ais siory by Mr. L- Bastin, Never mind, uring the week-end raids of September London's. firemen. and. the ‘Avniliary Fie Service caried on theit dangerous work while bombs dropped round ‘them, and many were Killed oF Injured Me. L, F. Bastin, of the APS. had worked continuously at_a blaze ‘trom O'clock. on Saturday, ‘September 7, until ‘ter midnight. “Even an mjured. ankle did not stop him working. He refused to stop Until a "rescue squad Made him. Later, im hospital, be said" T'sew hundreds of firemen working with ‘hes's Borne teil nthe serve tnd eetire to par tcaping from maine The War Tustraed 1 WAS THERE! Says an A.F.S. tty for many all in the bombs dropping all round. 1. counted TZ bombs asthe rescue squad carried me toa 9 quarter of an hour away. ‘On the dockside itself. ight among the heart of those Gres, civilians were sanding Found helping. Young girs and old men Formed ‘human chains. passing buckets of twater to the fremen when we Could ot get Water from the hydrant." ‘The spirit of the People was marvellous. T'never saw any hing ke it saw great lorries burning up like matches. ‘The fire-boats came Up and helped. September 2, 1940 When Mr, post there’ were five more i Bastin_reached a first-aid fred firemen POne man" he said, “shad. taken covet ina doorway when he hearda bomb whistling His face was covered with splinters from the ‘wood blocks in the toad.” He never, mu ured. ‘Nurses and doctors at the post also acrid on their work. despite the. bombs. The fist ald men driving to pick up casualties always got through somehow when @ bomb rapped ahead of them. ‘Throughout the worst of the bomb drop ping ‘police were sll at work roping Of Streets and. directing the services. "Although they could see. the stupendous size of the Fre, remen poing to the blaze were singing "Roll Out the Barrel" Daily TelerraphSeptember 20, 1940 The War Mesratek TI Flew With the R.A.F, Over Kassala Alter the frontier fortress of Kessala in the Sudan was occupied by the Talans at the beginning of July, the garcaon was subjected 1 continual aitack by the RAAF. A typical fad is described tn the Fetiowing dispatch by Alan Moorebead, of the "Daily Express.” rurw ia. 4 Beith bomber on a thee [whee ee es ‘Ain andthe enemy border wantaoe at Kavu ding whch wave sitet wave of Eats aching: sept down in one of Biggest Conceeirted Bombing atscks of mtcuars tat wcot wih the three pilot ia my forma tion pet fal istration for he ack He‘om'map and anal photograpes as the spot where tn Lisans ad geese thre” thousand strong into Kosala here ‘was the spot where troops were garrisoned, Sn here prota were machine gua ss ond AK. Boner ‘The commande, ai Bomb them ool ci ten wh eichine gu fe. et ‘enna long ross tack Into Ene, 7 moment later I was scrambling into the collpi'el a bomber ing kespng iy ‘nde off tne controls a ed down a Fucks filed vats tombe Me shot up seam of st exer is county wih ie ball ap O28 Eu arteritis acral Sen Bedouine can scarey scrape @Tving ‘rom the dew; brown rock and sand. ‘Across inthe other sachin the rear snr hep tpionng ther lies in The {Grr ia sarc of enemy fihters {Gray 1k a couleof lumps, of chewing gum, rom "ne young, Candin fplot and’ watched. the” nutes ik by. Even to veterane fig that, Os i moment ith the. greats stain when Sou" don’ Know: what's in fron or Bow Sou'e poing to soceed ine eect thf aon ony, the tatgt'you'have ony tine forthe til buoluie-confidenee and the attitode of "it "Scoming tome, Cean take "that is Jost oe! “But these lags so ave erown Into seasoned erm the past mera, showed ro feng eter Way P= “The. leading pilot_with a nod took ox Inthe age From "comirtie void. ground “Be ‘unt 'we felt we could ‘eich tad touch he argc wth ou band Gar ean ee Ser , Mannaeh cpt ofthe mer trmadehet cn amma pcasthoas tad bose eats le tae he ra of heme the Wager bullet skidded past, the gle of the cockpit. Two bursts peed through the leSding bomber’ starboard wing. Oar ack opened, up and our Ort sao sat thot downward fon the buts. T beard fothing "above "the ena the fat our forward gun raking the compound from a few hundred feet, Even fur bomb explosions id not break through the barrage of noise It seemed s0 easy ‘then—not a sign of @ living "soul on ‘the round. All thove ten thousand menhad been riven to cover and the target was ving out there in'a neat inviting paltern on the ground: Yet we were under fire and there was that Bach in the other Tnachine's ‘wine. ‘Then tack from a long detour we were roaring down over Kessala agua [rom an opposite direction. tut 1 WAS) THERE! wonmnmminnnn 0s aT ime out nt lond of tome went own and strafing began vn cares. Thice times we wee on them wth ihe same lashing Side step and a last stright Touring dive ‘As we turned to dive ads in my ‘plane held on t0 the atfack with set intent faces. Clearly they shad forpotten” ever thing else ia the world except this. whiting Ue! Srena of battle had got a splting headache and ft iil sick, But soon we ‘were, mounting Srain into the clea, steady air above, and Urned Tor ‘the long Journey: homewaed As we left the target three more dark shapes" moved \serons the. sky, "The oext Bish formation was ®ying ito theattack s-- We Thought We had Rammed an E-boat ‘A British motor torpedo-boat put into port on August 15 with bedding ‘fuled into big bole in het bows the resul of ramnting as enemy Ship much larger than hersell.” Therap ” in the North Seu ‘duriog which “tia incident occurred. ia described bere’ bythe Commanders of the three McTB.s involved. ‘fighting. ships, but they boest” great speed and strength. ‘Three of them went out on patra in the ‘North Sea, capiained by" Lieut Mannoch, fet. F-A’ Hamilton Hil, LN. and Lieut Stewart Gould Here is the story told on thee return to\port by Lieutenant Mannoch We were suddenly shelled "by a vessel ‘which must ave seen ‘our bow-waves from a Yong way of, for the Bhoiphotescence shone rips othe dense Gy Reatts pte oe lm ee ott tet them” for” E-boats, ean Sr ear Seed ey to avoid bet, but we rhs Rao eer ecm 2 seers time the other wo M.T.Bs were on my Starboard Side, and the three of os gave the ‘German some ferce fire. We were within S00 yards of he, fring at almost point-blank range. 1 found our damage was causing trouble —a Tosfoor hole in the Goitom anda loot ole on the port side, We stuffed all the bedding we could ind into the hole, but He, mater came 3 fest "above themes Oe ofthe etter NLT. ook bn tow and we: went ahead very slowly. "We dice Covered an enemy veael of the (awe Ope {stem and we opeoed fie at 200 yards, My crew old me they heard seeams coming from ber, and sooo she turned awa Sod'broke off the action , ‘At dawn, on our way back to harboar, we ret a Dornier thingboat Between the two ‘of us we pumped about 1,000 rounds into her. The fast we saw of hci was dark smoke fossing rom her exaust ab she ade for Lieut. Gould added his story ‘We beat off an E-boat and then found what looked fike another. She ved machine: Buns, explosive shy and grenades at um al Stonce.""The grenades cae from a kind OF Pneumatic Bun We fired effectively at her gun fashes and had a running Right at 30, koots for about Sieh) miter, We, beat eof ut an inva her again while loosing forthe damaged MTB, “and ‘had. another ive’ minutes? fuaoing fight —{Datiy Mai)The War Me rated September 200, 1930 “There Will Be No Nazi Aggression in IcelandTae War Mhstroted OUR DIARY OF THE WAR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1940 388th day (x the Sea British naval ucts reported to ‘nave torpedoed German transport of Skagen con September 3. ‘stockholm 7 that between, August 38 and 26 six German merchant ships were Sunk of Norway. ng thw Royale a been sun, Reported that Briiih fier “= Avoceta tad ovat bate wih tout of Portogsee “Sia the Ai-oRA.F, bombed Calais and otlogne, " Duriog night, they ‘penetrated ‘enemy. territory. a8 far as ‘Synthetic of plant was bombed. “Other forces Started fires amongst military stores in Mis, Thoringian Forest, and Blac iaeks also made on power station ar cra factor at st ioc faedebure yards) at Nieaburg ; erodromes in France and Belgium, ‘Arcralof Coastal Command attacked oll sustained and success fulds On all pineal ferodromes io Eastern Libya. Bombers of S"Atncan Air Force raided avello. Home. Froat-in. morning two forces of ‘enyairraft attempted to Bomb aerodromes {in eent and Esses, but were driven off Later ‘ther formations crossed S.E. coast, some of hich grotto ees Bois erg iopped on a Medway town and in scat freae in South-bast. During "night raid on London A.A, detgces pat up teary batiggs” Saeed ‘aids over the country. Most casualties ‘ocurred in two towns ia North-East and ‘fn South-West ‘your enemy srrat destroyed, Seven: tcca uh “Gahlers dows, but pilot of “Guns fred across the Channel from Dover. Rumanla-Premicr, M. Gigurts, and hit Cabinet" resigned. ‘King Carol “requested ‘Gen, Antonescu, former Minister of National Defence ond’ Chief of Stall to" form ew jverament THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER S365 dup ihe ‘Seav-Admiralty announced that toa bel bows eel ratte Bea {orces in Eastern and Western Mediterranean, ‘extending over ive days. Italan eet turned fails Italian ‘base in ‘Dodecanese was bom barded, and Fleet Air Arm attacked acro- RJ gee tng and te Doge ie Penzance "and" Blairmore* ved at Baltimore, Admit zanounced ee YL TEM. geatryer = anhoe and had been sunk Inte Ric ARCA F bain bombed miliary ‘objectives. conceaied ‘ta. German. forests Qiber targets were syothetic “ol plant. ai Sttin tanks at Kiet refineries et Hamburg fod. Regeasturg ; Emden Docks ; goods ‘ards at Hamm and Soest; and mary Burch {nd German aerodrome potter reheat Somber of wlogne, gun postions at Gris Stour at ‘Cala inst nip “RAF, attacked great Fin wants at Tua daring She cating Eo dang. casing sigh dmage bt no easuales” Pew bombs Sispved at oes, ‘Enemy bombed Matruh FPronte-Enemy renewed attacks on "Kent attacked: part of shojea dele. rsa ing Feported over several parts of S.W. Engla ol seiel oe eee age vec ah a make high explo, and incendie, did eee eaten resin febers missing but pil of Rumania--Royal decree dissolved Parlia- ment. New Premier, Gen. Antonescu, givea dictaior’s powers. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 370th day In the’ AeA. talded Berlin during right for three Hours. “Targets which were hit included “West power station, B.M.W. acrovengine works and Salzhof oi! reservoir ‘Auacks continued on mltany objectives concealed in Black Forest, and large tres Pe tiamny Sot, Exrans’ bombed with sucess “rmatign, bombed” gun emplace- iment td aoe on Fetch Sea Ualy--Eneny aierat a Hula but were dren of Home Frontebig ‘enemy air attacks repulsed over SE. England, objectives being THE POETS & THE WAR “a soxe.oF owe cust srapeeeeat Gn ome monn pe abe Wereneounte z ‘Ox, when the hls of call are dey ‘pena te wo rae Sneath tf thyme with dacper glow ‘whoerer chance to ‘Orem and fd the wade te With that blood trom oversea Or brighter abla borage ahi Or ewester smell some eglanting ‘Xd jot the sane if he gts me —teving Standerd serodromes. lo morning battle 34 raiders shot down In one hour. Bombs ‘caused ‘damage to. one factory. in Thames ‘Valley. "Dering. afterogon enemy crossed Kent coast but weredriven back, Latea, five formations crossed North Ken coast Fire was caused {0 todastial plant oo north bank of Thames. During aight enemy penetrated into London area. and high explosive and in ccendiary bombs were! Elephant ing Cente dati sare every ‘Damage done in North-West. Attack on cathedral town in West County. Fortysix raiders destroyed. Britain lost 19 fghicrs, But pilots of twelve sate amait-King Caro aicated i favour of his son Prince Michael. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 37151 day Tn the Ai-RA.P. ade, determined tacks on énemy shipping in Channel port Other bomber squadrons attacked. Krupp works and other targets in the Rube, Further attacks, made on. wat” materials stored in Black Forest Acrodromes bombed Included those “at. Colmar, Gilze-Rijen, Wesel, Krefeld, Brussels," Querquevilie, Soesterburg and Eindhoven. ‘War Agaiast Haly-Enemy aircraft raided Port Sudan, causing litle damage. Beplember 20h, 1040 Home Front -Severe and widespread dar age ced fev Cerman a aes Zoot ant contin’ ont awe ‘Raiders came in two waves and spread out, some making for azrodromes in Surrey, Kent and Essex, others for docks, others for London. Ficreest fighting raged from East London down to Thames estuary, Fires started and damage done to lighting and other ali services. "Two schools badly damaged. Eraualtes 306 kiled 1.397 seriously injured. Enemy lost 103 machines. Briaia. fost twenty-two, but pilots of nine safe SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 372nd doy "On the Sea--Admiralty reported that ‘raft of Fleet Air Arm had bombed. two Enemy supply ships off Norway, sinking one And severely damaging the other. in'the Alre~During night strong bomber forces atacked French and Belgian, Chanel ‘and convoys in North Sea. Raids on Rizaioarg. Bremen end ae Aes Hale-Bish patel from enya penetrated 16 males info Abyssinia And ianied casualties on gartison at Gora ‘Home Froot--Towards midday large force ‘of enemy serait approached coast north of Dover. “They were hotly engaged and gniy tral formatlons pencatel inland. "Bots fit most in ura ae ‘Thames beavly bombarded, Casualties mur- ured, Ret a ler appr: bli fi lina stot down, ‘iin tot te, but one pt ae MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 ‘On the Sea--Adeniralt Mediterranean HM 8 373d day ‘announced that in ine = Osiris feral of Fcc Ale Ar eprted to have auigcked ea Sol di naoytan 3 ite soho Bereny anda Geman Tuten camp i Bergen ar "HM submarine’ Phocnar™ consirably overdue and presumed lo inthe AoA AF raided Retin and blew up Neuiots gaoria Bombs dropped on Meal dockyat a Hanburg shippers 6d {Geka Brome, Kil Wiheianen and famat's epods yards Refld” an Riu ah sever srodromes Tie ad untae schs ade on sip ping and coment. o aa bres (end, Calas, Boulogne, nad Fun. nd on gus emplacement at Cap Gre Ne "War gna HalyeFity clans ili ise aan RAF: bombers suceufuly attacked urbe of acroremesin Lib Home Froot=-Day London. 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