AIR RAIDS

Hokitika Guardian, 14 September 1940, Page 5

AIR RAIDS

LATEST REPORTS (Per British Official Wi/eless.) (Received this day at 11.30 a.in.) RUGBY, September 13. A survey of last’s night’s and to-day’s enemy raids on Britain is contained in an Air Ministry communique issued at 9 p.m., which states further details of the enemy’s attack on Britain last night confirm that no extensive damage was done, though bombs were dropped in many parts of the country. Two towns in the midlands, arid one town on the south coast houses were damaged. Jn one of the Midland towns a small number of casualties was caused. In London area, the number of persons killed or injured in last night’s attack were not heavy. Fuller reports of tlieprevious night’s casualties show 110 persons were killed and 260 injured in the London area. Early this morning incendiary bombs uoro dropped in districts in Northern Ireland. Small fires were started, but were quickly extinguished, and no casualties. At mid-day" to-day, 'in addition to attacks on London, enemy aircraft in small -numbers dropped b< mbs on several districts in the south-west of England. In a town in Essex, considerable damage was done, but no casualties are reported. In several other places houses and cottages were hit, but the general damage and casualties is reported to bo slight. Later enemy aircraft continuing the method of sudden attack and reifreat, which characterised their activities throughout the day, dropped bombs in one district in Central London, in Eastbourne and some places in Kent and in one town in Surrey. Some casualties resulted in London. .In Eastborune there were also some casualties, most of them slight. Further details of these later attacks are not yet available.

All enemy bomber was sliot down by our fighters this morning.