vital. A large floating crane was sunk. Seaforth wireless station near Liverpool suffered a major breakdown. House property and utility services in Liverpool area have suffered extensively. Casualties - at present - difficult to assess but do not appear to be heavy in proportion to the scale of the attack. In the rest of the country, major incidents occurred only at Southampton where damage was caused to reservoir and to Harland and Wolff's Yard and at St. Eval aerodrome. 14. Aircraft casualties over and above British Isles:- German Bombers: 8 destroyed, 5 probably destroyed, 1 damaged Fighters: 1 detroyed, 5 probably destroyed, 6 damaged Totals: 9 destroyed, 5 probably destroyed, 6 damaged British: seven bombers missing. |