AIR RAID ON LONDON.
MOCK BOMBING ATTACK. CAPITAL'S DEFENCE TRIED. MANY MACHINES ENGAGED. By Telegraph—Press Association—'Copyright; (Received July 21, 8.35 p.m.) LONDON. July 21. Winged raiders from the enemy country " niueland" swept toward London, tho capital of " Redland," the destruction of which they had plotted in a mock aerial attack, in a steady downpour of rain and dulled evening skies. , The raiders advanced in three groups of two bombing squadrons apiece. Each comprised nine machines, and 54 aeroplanes thus menaced England's heartRut London was instantly alert. Scores of defensive fighters soared skyward and joined fiercely in combat. The vital centres were the reservoir on Hackney' Marshes, the' destruction of which would cause London to perish of thirst, and the West India Docks, crowded -with foodstuffs which supply provender, " lest the street-bred people die." The-Duke of York's Barracks at Chelsea was a strategic military strongpoint. The issue must remain undecided until tlio morning.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20931, 22 July 1931, Page 9
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152AIR RAID ON LONDON. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20931, 22 July 1931, Page 9
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