Two British trawlers reported having shot down a
Dornier
Do 17 which had attacked them in the English Channel.
Italy admitted the loss of seventeenth submarine.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) made night raids on oil
plant at Sterkrade, in the Ruhr; leaving it.in flames. Suecessful
attack also made on Krefeld aerodrome.
Three Blenheims of Coastal Command routed four
Messerschmitts
Bf 109's of French coast, severely damaging two.
Italians invaded British Somaliland advancing at three points,
and were resisted by British land and air forces. Italian
base at Bir el Gobi, Libya, bombed by the British Royal Air
Force (RAF) on their way there five British machines engaged
50 Italian fighters and destroyed three. A Italian aircraft
raided Sidi Barrani and Mersa Matruh.
German raiders did minor damage in South West England. During
night of
3-
4
August 1940, Luftwaffe aircraft dropped bombs on areas of
Thames Estuary, East Coast of Scotland and Wales. No damage
or casualties reported.
In Japan three more arrested Britons were released. It was
announced. Japanese nationals arrested in London, in Singapore
and other British possessions.
Germans closed part of frontier between France and Switzerland.
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August
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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