SHIFTING FENCE OF EXPLODING STEEL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXXI, 14 September 1940, Page 10

SHIFTING FENCE OF EXPLODING STEEL.

NAZIS DISMAYED.

I Attacks Turn From London

To Provinces.

(Reed. 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 13.

An Air Ministry communique states that following last night's ineffective attacks, in which bombs were dropped in London at random, through heavy clouds, a small number of 'planet to-day deliberately bombed a number of conspicuous buildings in various parts of London, irrespective of their nature.

It is feared the enemy succeeded in killing and. injuring a number of civilians. An incendiary bomb fell in Downing Street, but did no damage.

Anti-aircraft guns and British fighters came into action against the early morning raiders over London. Apparently dismayed by London's shifting fence of exploding steel, .which early last night shook the capital like an earthquake, the Germans turned violent attention to the provinces, several areas having very long raids.

Hot Reception For Raiders.

A north-east town endured its first serious, attack. Two screaming bombs fell in a working-class district, damaging houses and causing casualties. Incendiary were showered down in various 'places as waves of raiders flew over and received a forceful welcome from anti-aircraft guns.

A high-explosive bomb damaged a casualty ward in a public assistance institution in a north-east coast town.

An enemy 'plane was brought down in the street of a Welsh coastal town.

Several bombers attacked a convoy off the east coast of Scotland, but the ships in the convoy were not damaged.

A few persons were fatally injured when a bomb fell in a northern London district. Several shops were demolished and othere seriously damaged. In another area bombs damaged several houses and a garage. A few people sheltering there were killed.

The Air Ministry announced this evening that in the course of the last enemy raids on Britain an enemy bomber fouled a balloon barrage cable and was destroyed.