LONDON RAIDS

Grey River Argus, 28 February 1944, Page 5

LONDON RAIDS

, LONDON, Feb. 26. In daylight on Friday, two enemy bombers came over the south-west coast. Bombs were dropped, but they caused no damage or casualties. On Thursday night’s raid in England ten German ’planes were destroyed. Two Mosauito night-fighter pilots each got two. „ . , The King and Queen on Friday inspected damage. The Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) made a toui during the night. One of the newspapers printed a photograph of um, in Air Force uniform, taken m the glare of a fire. A Royal Air Force pilot watched* London’s barrage in action, and said that he had never seen anything like it over Germany. Mothp „ Queen Wilhelmina, of the Netherlands narrowly escaed death in a recent German air raid when a bomb hit the house outside London she was staying with friends. T e Queen was not hurt, but two guards W Anothm d enemy raider was destroyed last Tuesday night, making a total of twelve, including two by In truders. .

6,000 TONS FOR LONDON. GERMAN CLAIMS. IN PAST WEEK. Feb. 26. Berlin radio yesterday declared that over 6,000 tons of bo^ b ®. had been dropped on Lond °o nor? houses week, al?o that abau V O o’ o damaged were destroyed and 60,000 damage during January and February. Londoners know that altho » new raids are ouite shar ß„. aad are damage widespread these clam completely false. One recent laid would have been donsideied and more than a pinprick in 1 9 . 4 ® 41 ’ t the Luftwaffe in the 41u ’ e ? nr . t . nns months then dropped only. 7,5U0 ions. Berlin radio declared that t e battle of London is only be^iaa and new tactics and new explosives would be used.. nrints The German News Agency pruns from Lisbon a report that trpv front London said London now P ' sents almost the same picture,,as Berlin and other heavily damaged - man cities. Greenwich suffe J,’® d ,,? a ’ ticularly. Woolwich and Chatham arsenals were hit, the Bank of Rugland and the General Post Office have been almost completely destroyed, and the Guildhall is in ruins.

LONDONERS’ MORALE (Rec. 6.30) LONDON, Feb. -26. The “Daily Express” ,says: Both the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Home Security are carefully watchin gthe effect of the renewed German air raids on the morale of the Londoners. They are findine: no decline. An official said: “The Londoner is seeing it through. London theatres are now starting their evening performance' 1 , earlier.”