Show All Night Air Attack Lashes Glasgow LONDON March 14 UP UP-An UP An air raid alar alarm sounded 4 S. S in London Friday night indicating th that the air battle of J th f. f o n was wa about to go into its third evening LONDON March 14 INS INS Glasgow Glasgow on the River Clyde main production center for the battleships of Britain's Britain navy Friday counted heavy casu casualties in the wake of a terrific German Germar tt air raid At the same time the air ministry ministry min mm- reported outstanding success in a new royal air force attack on Hamburg Germanys Germany's greatest seaport and claimed a bag of at least 20 nazI aircraft by means of new and secret devices in night operations over England The attack on Glasgow and other areas in Scotland coincident With new raids on the in England was one of the heaviest the Germans have launched since the high point of blitz operations last fall But the British attack on Hamburg Hamburg Hamburg Ham Ham- burg also was termed the most I I F devastating yet made by the R RA RAIt A F. Fl It now is a case of blow for blow t tand and bomb for bomb A full moon again aided British fliers in the raids o on Hamburg Hainburg and elsewhere on the continent Many large fires were observed among targets at the mouth of the Elbe J while oil storage plants were set ablaze at Rott Rotterdam 1 Aircraft of the coastal command U torpedoed and sank an enemy supply supply supply sup- sup supt t ply ship off the Frisian islands and bombed airdromes at Bremen Emden and points in Holland An An enemy supply vessel also was hit Continued on Page Four Column Four R RAF A F Tries Han Hand at af Blitzing X iS V X v X BERGEN OSLO ORKNEY NORWAY 0 1 5 SWEDEN SCOTLAND AN D I 1 S 'S sr DENMARK Sea Sear iii r S 'S 4 r HAMBURG LIVERPOOL WS Q BREMEN r rr A ABERLIN IJMUIDEN BERLIN 5 LONDON r rs r's s qt Orr t NoW GERMANY r Kv Xv X I 6 S V V J BELGIUM X Gf 0 Lux o too oo ooL FRANCE L Map shows routes probably followed by British bombers in attacks on vital centers in Germany and nazi-held nazi Europe during the past two days German Bombers lash Heavily Heavenly at Glasgow Continued from Page One off Norway Six British planes were lost in the course of the nights night's operations Late Friday afternoon raids were continuing on both sid sides s. s The royal air force was reported to have added another nazi plane to Its catch off the Welsh coast At Atthe Atthe Atthe the same time attacking planes were reported over East Anglia and there were no signs that British British British Brit Brit- ish attacks had come to an end There was no information re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding possible military damage at vital Glasgow But explosives were said to have wrecked many homes a hospital schools and churches Reports from Glasgow said the crash of heavy bombs and terrific terrific terrific ter ter- antiaircraft fire resounded throughout the night as the nazis delivered one of the heaviest assaults assaults assaults as as- of the war on central Scot Scot- land London experienced its air raid alarm of the war It began shortly after aftel dusk and lasted until almost a a. a m. m In the Glasgow region the German German German Ger Ger- man raiders raiders despite despite a clear moonlit moonlit moonlit moon moon- lit sky sky dropped dropped hundreds of flares including the new Molotov chandeliers chandeliers chandeliers chan chan- which cast a bright glow even when hit by sharp These were followed by hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- of incendiary bombs but firefighters promptly dealt with the majority of the resulting con con- I During the attack the sky over Glasgow and surrounding areas areas areas' frequently was illuminated by the flash of thousands of tracer bullets bullets bul bul- lets indicating British fighters were in action At least two German German German Ger Ger- man raiders were destroyed in the Glasgow area Hospital Wrecked I Finally large numbers of high explosives were dumped on the Glasgow area wrecking a hospital schools homes and churches It was feared casualties would prove heavy Late this morning r rescue rs res- s- s cue squads were still digging through debris searching for further further further fur fur- ther victims At one eastern castern Scotland town during a lull in antiaircraft fire top roof-top watchers witnessed an air battle fought in bright moonlight between a night fighter and a aGerman aGerman aGerman German raider After the British British British Brit Brit- ish plane fired several bursts the raider zoomed away rapidly losing losing los los- osing os- os ing altitude |