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TELLS OF FIGHT BETWEEN PLANESCorrespondent Counts 400Ships, Believes 2,S00In Attack11% H Tiylni llettryA TOWN IN SOVTHKABTMN ENGLAND, An* I* -OT A mightyarmed* of German plane* skyrocketedacroas the English tnggt today andmilitary observers in this ere* e»ti- | mated they were twice tut numerousas in Thursday * 1.000-plan# assault I Some put today's fipirt a* high a*2,50Ql , jI counted #H planes over this E»g*| Uah port alone in the vast armada j j and atiU they came. jThe military observers based theircalculation* on unofficial reports thatplane* tn equal number* had roared SgSWfl* the emat at four or five otherjmiwtg v :y ' ^ 1.' 1i counted the plane*, flying at 20 400 j | feet and comm* in si* diatlfic t Wgveg j | at rcaghly f;ve~irumjte intervalaOne squadrtm afnjlfd out (hi* port, i j downng two barrage balloon* and I spraying arnall demolition bomba | [along the cliff below where I »•* . nt ending and machine-gunning the\cliff itself. * jOne balloon known a* 'King Lear j c raahed with it* long % ahle down on | three amall cottage* at the base of the j cliff*, art ting fire to their roof* jSeveral small chikiSku were playing iinaide. but the fire* were put outquickly and they were unharmed j A* the plane which hogged this fballoon swept, out to ae* it screamedonly 280 feet above my head spraying jI' I»«j1 * —iCanttflaae an ISiatJi
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Monroe News Star
Monroe, Louisiana, US
Fri, Aug 16, 1940
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