ELEVEN DOWN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 283, 28 November 1940, Page 7

ELEVEN DOWN.

GERMAN RAIDERS. Engagements With R.A.F. Over Parts Of England. British- Official Wire Jess. (Reed. 1 p.m.} RUGBY, !N"0*,21. "Our fighters shot down 11 enemy aircraft in a series of engagements ■which took place over Kent this-after-noon," states a communique. "Two of our fighters were lost, but both pilots are safe. A bomb waafdropped on a place in Kent, but was done, and no one was hurt." i There was little enemy activity over Britain for several hours after nightfall yesterday, followed by a long lull until shortly before daybreak. An Air Ministry communique states that some bombs were dropped during the first raid period, mostly in London, the west country and at one point in the home counties. Damage was slight and the casualties few. During the second period bombs fell in the London area and also at two points in eastern Kngland. Very little damage was done and there were 110 casualties. A bom'b hit a house in the London area last night, in the first period, killing an elderly couple, says a cable message. Two soldiers "hearing another fall dived into the front garden of a doctor's house, which was directly hit. The soldiers rescued the doctor and his wife. Xone were hurt. A raider drop|>ed incendiary bombs on tlie outskirts of a north-west coastal town this morning. Workmen alighted from passing buses and extinguished a number of small fires. E.A.F. fighters chased off the raiders. = "HELLFIRE CORNER." Mothers Refuse To Evacuate From Dover. NO SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN. (Reod. 9.30 a.m.) LOXDOX, Nov. 27. The "Daily Express" raises one of the gravest problems arising from the blitzkrieg when it states that between (500 and 800 children living in "Hellfire Corner" (Dover) have not been to school for 178 days. The .Dover Council has decided to ask the Regional Commissioner, Sir Auckland <!eddes. to order compulsory evacuation of all school children in the municipality, as mothers of children still living in Dover flatly refuw-to-evacuate the children.