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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 302, 28 September 1940, Page 5

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WAVES OF NAZI RAIDERS.

BATTLES AT GREAT HEIGHTS. DEFENCE BECOMING FIERCER. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 11 a.m.) LONDON, September 27. When a big wave of bombers tried to penetrate the capital’s defences this morning they were pounced on by fighters, and the ensuing battle was fought at a great altitude. The wrecks of throe bombers now lie in Surrey villages. Two more riddled bombers crashed at Westminster. Fresh waves of Germans kept appearing over the Channel, but the Royal Air Force’s resistance became fiercer and fiercer as the day progressed, breaking up German formations over the coast. Some raiders then turned their attention to the seaside towns. Three raiders crashed near Canterbury during an air battle over Kent. During the first daylight raid on London a bomb penetrated a section of a London factory’s underground shelter in which many wore sheltering, causing many casualties, including some fatally. Other buildings were battered in this district.

In the afternoon the defences kept the enemy planes at such a respectful height as to make them almost invisible. There were six daylight raids today.

An artillery duel was fought across the Straits of Dover, when British long-range guns replied to a German bombardment of Dover in the afternoon.