BIGGER OFFENSIVES LIKELY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLX, Issue 22028, 30 July 1941, Page 5

BIGGER OFFENSIVES LIKELY

German Raid On London

Need For Every Precaution

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON, July 28. Last night’s raid on London has been taken up by the British press as a warning of bigger offensives to come. The London “Daily News” emphasises the need for every precaution beihg taken against raids in the autumn and winter, when it is expected that the raids may become Worse than during last autumn and Winter. General reference is made by the press to the Ibng and welcome rest which London has enjoyed and the need for the utmost preparations against an intensification of last night’s raid. The “Daily Mail” recalls Sir Archibald Sinclair’s comment that the activities of the R.A.F. had given the Germans ample opportunities far reprisals. “We must be prepared,” added the paper. Three German aeroplanes were shot down last night in the first raid on London in eleven weeks. Only a few machines got through the barrage, and they were glVen a hot reception. Six people were killed when ten bombs dropped together to one street. A German communique refers to the bombing of London as a reprisal for repeated attacks against the residential quarters of German towns. Once again there was no enemy activity over this country in daylight. Some London areas felt the familiar earth tremor of an exploding bomb, but the explosion was not preceded by the familiar whine or screaming sound. Others report a number of oil bombs which flung enormous flashes Of fire into the air. William Allen, aged sixteen, went to his father’s room to a big block of workers’ flats when the raid begun, and asked: “Do you think we would be better to get up?” Before he received an answer a bomb fell outside the flats. The blast killed the boy, but his father was unhurt Twelve of 14 persons were killed in the London area when their shelter received a direct hit. Six of a family which were buried six months ago, were again buried, one being killed. Two brothers, their sister, and two brothers-ih-law were killed when another shelter was wrecked. The Official German News Agency states that strong forces of the Luftwaffe last night successfully carried out an attack on London, harbour Works, and docks. The crews reported that many fires were seen west from the Thames loop. A few enemy aircraft crossed tne coast to-night and some bombs were dropped at three points in East Anglia There was light damage and a small number of injured.