WEST OF ENGLAND
ASSAULT ON THREE TOWNS
WAVES FOR HOURS
(By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright.)
(Received January 18, 11.30 a.m.)
LONDON, January 17,
Raiders rained incendiaries on three West of England towns last night. A number of fires were started and-some were serious. Commercial and other buildings were damaged, but the casualties were not large. There were two alerts in London, but * the raiders changed their course in the i face of a severe barrage before reach- ] ing the city. ] Sweeping over the city in waves for hours, German bombers scattered firebombs and explosives on Bristol* the t main objective of the raiders last ( tjight. Bombs struck a hospital, damag- . ing the administrative block, but there were no casualties among the patients. 5 Many houses were destroyed or damaged, and people were trapped under wreckage. (British Official Wireless.) (Received January 18, 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, January 17. It is officially stated that during daylight today enemy air activity has been on a very small scale. A single enemy aircraft dropped a bomb in East Kent this morning but no damage or casualties resulted.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 15, 18 January 1941, Page 10
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181WEST OF ENGLAND Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 15, 18 January 1941, Page 10
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