BOMBED THREE TIMES
ENGLISH TOWN RAIDED
(Rec. noon)
RUGBY, Oct. 3!
Last night's "German air attack on a south-east coast town appeared in sharp contrast to England's long spell of immunity. Three times, raiders crossed the Straits and then dived on the town to drop bombs on several districts. A considerable amount of damage was caused to small properties and a block of flats.
Those killed included six elderly people, while nearly 30 injured were admitted to hospital. The attacks were methodically timed, being made at about hourly, intervals. The heaviest raid was at about midnight, when-, a wave of enemy aircraft swooped on the town.
As the raiders returned across the Channel, they dropped red Very lights to prevent their own A.A. batteries on the French coast from firing on them. Over the south-east coast town they met with a very heavy A.A. fire, and night fighters also went up, machinegun fire being heard.—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 83, 4 October 1941, Page 10
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