Show RAF CLAIMS HIT HITON HITON HITON ON BATTLESHIPS LONDON April 15 British 4 IP British warplanes dropped heavy bombs either on or near the ton on German battleships Gneisenau and nd Scharnhorst in another attack Monday night on the German naval base at Brest the air ministry ministry ministry min min- announced Tuesday Hundreds of bombs were unloaded unloaded un- un loaded over the dock area rea of the port jort a declared in ina a hour four-hour assault Hits also were reported on power Dower stations at Haarlem and Leiden in the occupied nazi-occupied Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Neth Neth- erlands and German supply ships were said to have been bombed and machine gunned off the coast The raid on Brest was the seventh seventh seventh sev sev- reported in the last two weeks The air ministry said that poor visibility made it impossible to determine whether any direct hits i were scored on the Gneisenau and Scharnhorst Loss of one plane was acknowledged acknowledged acknowledged edged by the British in the day and night attacks on German ob ob- |