NIGHT RAIDERS OVER ENGLAND

Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 18, 22 January 1943, Page 5

NIGHT RAIDERS OVER ENGLAND

(Rec. 9 a.m.) RUGBY, Jan. 21. Two enemy aircraft were destroyed in attacks on this country last night. In the early part of the night there was a little enemy activity in the coastal districts of south and south-? east England and East Anglia, and a few aircraft flew in as far as the Home Counties. Bombs were dropped at a few places. Only slight damage was done and there are no reports of any casualties. —8.0. W.

joining, nor does anyone consider the coming campaign to oust the Germans will be anything but long, arduous, and costly. It is certain that General Montgomery will follow Rommel over the Tunisian frontier, but after the delay of the last few months it is improbable that the Eighth Army will be able to assault the enemy's positions without spending a considerable time in resting, regrouping, and consolidating. We must realise first that the enemy will within a month become numerically as strong or stronger than the Allies, with more experienced commanders; second, that they will receive sufficient supplies to fight a prolonged defensive action, and third, that the Allies in Tunisia cannot afford immediately to launch a full-scale attack against the junction of the two German armies.