TWO HOURS OF BOMBING

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 61, 9 September 1941, Page 7

TWO HOURS OF BOMBING

LONDON, September 8. Hundreds of British bombers last night gave. Berlin the worst battering of its history. The big raid, which cost the R.A.F. 20 of the hundreds of bombers that took part, did more damage in the German capital than was ever done before.

For two hours wave after wave of attacking 1 planes, including giant four-engined Stirlings and Halifaxes, crossed and recrossed the city which lay below them like a map. Empire airmen went into attack in the teeth of fierce anti-aircraft fire, which slackened only to allow Nazi night fighters to go in to engage R.A.F. machines. Four of these night fighters were destroyed. ..'.,• Of the many fires started, one particularly fierce blaze spread right across the heart of the city.

The weight of tKs attack is recog-" nised by the Germans, and Berlin newspapers have Been allowed to spread themselves at great length instead of giving the brief communique which is all that is usually alloAved. Some of the papers shriek protests and threaten reprisals. One calls the attack "this new criminal attempt by the British," and the "Deutsche Allgemeine ■ Zeitung" threatens that "this criminal attack will be avenged."