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divisions including armoured forces have captured 
      Nish and have reached Prokuplje 
 
      and Razanj. North of Skoplje German armoured forces have taken 
      Urosevac and are 
 
      advancing towards Pristina and Stim LJ..E. The advance from Prilep 
      towards Bitolj 
 
      has reached Mogila.
 
      
 
 
4.
ROYAL AIR FORCE. KIEL
 
      April 7th/8th and 8th/9th. Industrial centre and especially Krupp 
      and Deutsche Werke
 
      Naval Yards were bombed. In these two successive attacks 348 
      aircraft were 
 
      employed and very large fires were started at all primary targets. 
      A total of about 
 
      320 tons of H.E. and more than 50,000 incendiaries were dropped 
      which included 7 
 
      bombs (2,000 lbs} 11 (1,900 lbs) and 91(1,000 lbs). Ten Manchesters 
      carried 40 
 
      1,000 lb. bombs besides many incendiaries.
 
      
 
 
Night of April 9th/10th
       SIOE="-1">. 95 aircraft sent. 80 Berlin, other Emden and shipyards 
      near 
 
      Bremen. 8 aircraft missing.
 
      
 
 
5. 
GERMAN AIR FORCE.
 
      Enemy activity chiefly over sea. Four aircraft destroyed, one 
      of our fighters missing.
 
      Night of April 9th_/10th. About 250 enemy aircraft operating 
      inland plus about 30 
 
      minelayers. Principal attacks on Birmingham and Tyneside. Ten 
      enemy aircraft 
 
      destroyed, we lost one fighter.
 
      
 
 
6. 
HOME SECURITY. COVENTRY April 8TH/9TH. 
      
 
      Casualties, preliminary estimate 150 killed, 200 seriously wounded, 
      six serious and 
 
      40 fires.
 
      
 
 
Night of April 9th/10th.
       SIOE="-1">
 
      Preliminary reports indicate attack on Birmingham fairly heavy, 
      and that both here 
 
      and on Tyneside
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