DAYLIGHT RAIDS
ENEMY FORMATIONS BROKEN UP TIME BOMB EXPLODES IN FRONT OF PALACE London, Sept. 11. Following a fourth night raid on London which has caused less damage than . previous raids, there were several daylight raids over London. Estimates vary as to the numbers of ’planes involved, but an average figure is fifty. Spitfires were quickly in action and broke up the forma-, tions which were unable to launch any direct attack. . No official statement of the raids has yet been issued. A time bomb exploded in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. Some of 'the columns were shattered, and the windows broken in one wing. No one was injured and repair work is going on. ft
KING AND QUEEN IN SHELTER
London, Sept. 11
One of to-day’s alarms came while the King and Queen were touring the damaged areas in the South East of London. They quickly entered a shelter under a Police Station where about thirty people were gathered already. The alarm was a short one. Everywhere the people clustered round the King singing “There’ll Always be an England” and cheering. The main expression was “we are not afraid any more.”
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13138, 12 September 1940, Page 5
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