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U.S. Plan Prevails – 2-3
The International Situation – 3
R.A.F. Raids France – 4-5
Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 6
Soldiers Reveal French Collapse – 6

News of the Week in Review
Twenty Questions On the News of the Week – 7
Hitler Delays Invasion but Keeps Up Bombing – 8-9
Britain’s Hope Based on Her Air Defenses – 9-10
Answers to Twenty Questions On the News of the Week - 11

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/jul40/f28jul40.htm

Thor defeats Alcantara

Sunday, July 28, 1940 www.onwar.com

The HMS Alcantara, former royal mail liner, armed and in war service when it skirmishes with the German merchant raider Thor in the south Atlantic.
In the South Atlantic... There is an engagement in the south Atlantic between the German auxiliary cruiser Thor and the similar but less well-armed British merchant cruiser Alcantara. Thor is only lightly hit but Alcantara is forced to break off and head for Rio. Only proper British cruisers are adequate to catch and fight such German vessels.

In Britain... All British destroyers are withdrawn from Dover to Portsmouth. This is a significant achievement for the Luftwaffe implying that they may be able to dominate the Channel Narrows during the hours of daylight.