RAIDS CONTINUE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23810, 11 November 1940, Page 7

RAIDS CONTINUE

TARGETS IN BRITAIN CLOUDS FORM SCREEN DAMAGE IN LONDON (Received November 10, 10.30 p.m.) LONDON. Nov. 10 Enemy aircraft flew over various parts of England and Wales during Saturday night. Three raiders were destroyed. London had its earliest night alert of the war. The Air Ministry states that no serious attack developed on any target, and in districts in which bombs were dropped casualties were slight and damage small. A total of four enemy aircraft were shot down on Saturday. No British machines were lost. _ * Raider Crashes Into Sea Enemy activity over Britain up to noon on Saturday was limited to a few flights by single aircraft, one of which dropped a bomb in the London area, causing some damage and fatal casualties. This aircraft was shot down into the sea by British fighters off the coast of Sussex. Small-scale enemy activity continued during the afternoon, when aircraft operating singly or in small formations, and- making use of cloud, penetrated inland and dropped bombs at several points in the Midlands and the south-east and south-west of England. The Germans opened daylight attacks on Friday with two waves of fighterbombers, which crossed the coast at Dungeness and headed for London. Dog-fights were seen at a tremendous height over the capital. Londoners "Watch Battle During the first and second alerts crowds of Londoners stood in the streets watching the air battle. Some London men and girls were machine-gunned while going to work. A bomb which fell in a park killed a soldier and a girl. No fewer than 10 bombs were rained on a big hospital, which received two direct hits. Other bombs ringed the hospital with craters. Two nurses and four children were the only casualties. One ■ward, which was directly hit, had been emptied the previous day. Fewer Casualties Reported The main enemy raids during Friday night were made on IKind on and the surrounding districts, according to the Air Ministry. The attacks, which was somewhat heavy at first, soon diminished in intensity, although it continued on a much reduced scale for some time after midnight. Both the damage and the number of casualties were less than on previous nights. Places hit in the London • area included a Congregational Church, a ncwlv-built post office, nurses' home, the unoccupied portion of a hospital, and a school. Bombs fell in a residential area, one demolishing a house in a well-known street and damaging an adjoining house. Six persons wero dug out of the debris early to-day. They were uninjured, but were suffering from shock. The caretaker and his wife are still in the basement covered with debris. Bomb Explodes on Roof Another bomb, which exploded on the roof of a house near by, damaged the top floors of three mansions. There were no casualties. In one area of London a bomb wrecked a number of houses already condemned. Five people were killed in another area. tip to 9 p.m. on Friday 20 German aeroplanes were brought down. Six British aeroplanes were lost, but the pilots of three are safe. GERMAN CLAIMS (Received Novombor 10, 10.15 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 9 Dealing with the raids on Britain a Berlin communique mentions Yarmouth and also aerodromes in Norfolk and Yorkshire. It says that IS British aeroplanes were destroyed yesterday and that four German machines are missing. TOWER OF LONDON HIT LONDON, Nov. 0 It is revealed that the Tower of London and the famous church of St. Clement Danes were bombed in recent raids.