LONDON ATTACK

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 259, 29 July 1941, Page 8

LONDON ATTACK

Defences Not Caught Napping ONLY SINGLE PLANES GOT THROUGH

(Received July 28, 12.40 a.m.)

LONDON, July 28.

London’s first air raid for a month found the defenders fully prepared. The guns had been manned, balloons were in the sky, the A.R.P. at their posts and rescue and demolition squads ready after the long uneventful nights all went into action the moment the warning was given. The raid, according to reports from the outer districts, must have covered a vast expanse of the metropolis besides central London, where the drone of engines was several times clearly heard. The scene from a high window in central London was as enthralling as in earlier raids, with gun flashes lighting up the sky in rapid succession. Only the glare of fires was lacking. The raiders seemed to be able to penetrate the anti-qircraft barrage only occasionally with single planes. A stick of bombs fell on residential property in several roads In one district, killing a number of people and injuring several. It is feared that at least six perished In a house which was directly hit. A family of four were killed in a shelter. Another bomb fell near a convent school, which fortunately had been evacuated. Many people had their first experience of taking cover, London being more crowded than in any period since September, mainly with provincials holiday-making and also many evacuated Londoners who had returned since the quiet nights ’began,