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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1940
Page
2
An eyewitness account from Moses Smith, gunner on Old Ironsides, recounts the 1812 battle off the coast where the Constitution battered the Guerriere. The diary describes near misses, vivid wreckage, the mast and rigging tearing free, and the ship sinking as Captain Hull and officers pressed the fight with cheers and steadfast command.
German raiders attacked Bristol in the west of England as London logged a night without an alert for the first time since October. British fighters claimed nine German planes shot down, while dawn saw the enemy crossing the coast and targeting Thames estuary, Central England, and South Wales. Admiralty weekly shipping losses showed 59,534 tons sunk by 17 British and neutral merchant ships, far below German claims. RAF bombers struck dockyards in two ports in northwest Germany despite bad weather.
In Corpus Christi on November 26, plans indicate double funeral services for Mr and Mrs Andrew Jackson Jack McGonigill to be held Tuesday afternoon in Brady, their former home. The article notes the murder suicide verdict returned by Cormier Joe Browning.
War Roundup reports RAF planes bombed Kiel Wilhelmshaven and Hamburg while De Mok seaplane base was hit as Britain presses to break the Nazi sea blockade. Admiralty notes reduced weekly shipping losses, while Italians and Greeks clash in Albania and Epirus.
Two British bombers were shot down in heavy night fighting over Germany and occupied territories. German fighters attacked London Bristol Avonmouth Chelsea and Christchurch yesterday and last night. German mines were reported in English coastal waters. The high command said one submarine sank 41,400 tons of enemy merchant shipping and British planes bombed several Northwestern German locations with slight damage.
In Sofia Bulgaria Nazi students clashed with communists during a university lecture. Several students were severely injured as Nazis tried to distribute leaflets claiming Bulgaria’s frontiers from the Black Sea to Albania and from the Danube to the Aegean. Police arrested several participants.
A weather summary lists wind at 42:35 p m from the northwest, humidity 80 percent at 32:30 p m, and a 3.47 inch excess for the month. It notes sun and moon times, tides for Aransas Pass, and scattered temperatures across many U S locations including Abilene Albuquerque Amarillo Austin Brownsville Corpus Christi Fort Worth and more, with rain and snow signals across several states.
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