Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-22
Nazi Planes Resume
Assault on London
After Quiet Night
British Lone-Ronee Guns
Bomb German Positions
Across Struit of Dover
Nv ire Associated Press.

., tire Associated Press
LONDON, Oct. 22.-Ger war
planes resumed the long assault on
London shortly after noon today,
when warming sirens signaled their
return after comparatively quiet
night and morning in which the
capital was unmolested
British long-range guns began
their third successive day of bonn
hardment of the Nazl positions
across the Strait Of Dover in the
morning.
The British guns opened up, OBJ
servers said, after shells from Ger
man guns crashed into Dover The
bombardment continued until the
Germans stopped firing
The all clear sounded in mid
afternoon in London. Apparently
none of the planes which had ap-
preached the capital got through.
Another Brief Alarm.
AS the homeWard movement OF
traffic was beginning. the Nazi air
raiders. defying unfavorable wealth
er and anti-aircraft fire, again APP
preached the city Wailing sirens
sent thousands into shelters. The
alarm was brief.
A Junkers 49, flying at about
5000 feet, bombed southeast coast
port, hitting a large motor show
room. There were no casualties.
Three bombs fell outside two
large hotels without disturbing peo-
pie at a lunch inside. A MesSer-
schmitt also dive-bombed street,
injured several persons and wrecked
some houses.
A communique said tonight that
the Nazi raids on Britain during the
day were on a very small scale
that some houses were demolished
and A few people killed or injured
on the southeast coast, but that the
planes which crossed the channel
were turned back before they could
reach London.
A lone raider dumped bombs on
southeast coast town, wrecking
houses and hitting a church. Ger
man planes also were seen over
West Midlands town.
Ground Fog over London.
Ground fog over London and a
ceiling zero" mist over German
bomber bases in France made posi-
BILE for the British Capital one of
Its quietest nights in a month and a
half, and Londoners emerged from
shelters today hours earlier than
usual.
Points in the industrial Midlands
and shipping towns along the Mer-
sey River in the Liverpool area,
however. we're bombed heavily.
Nazi planes which did strike
through clouds and fog at London
apparently were trying out a new
type of formation bombing. They
few high over the city in spread
formation, dropping explosive and
incendiary bombs in long, straight
lines.
Dawn brought reports that cas-
ualties had been fewer than usual.
The 1aids started off soon after
dusk, as usual, but dwindled long
before midnight and continued with
only occasional bombings in pre-
dawn hours.
Mist shrouded the Strait of Do
yer. where loud explosions shortly
after dusk were taken to indicate
British bombers again were strik-
Ing at German long-range guns
which shelled Dover several hours
earlier.
Nazi Air Crashes Reported.
A high officer of the r. A. F
claimed bad weather over France re-
Gently had caused many German
planes to crash in landings at their
air fields there.
while. by reports that new-type
American airplanes with special
equipment for detection of night
raiders are being tested over London.
The only American fighter planes
publicly reported coming into use in
any large numbers are Brewsters.
Liverpool and other sections of
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tackled repeatedly, starting at dusk
last night. Showers Of incendiary
bombs rained down along with ex-
plosives. A burst of explosives in
a congested section of one town
along the Mersey River caused most
of the casualties.
A communicate said some persons
were killed there. but damage was
largely TO dwellings.
Middle Temple Hall. in one of
Londons centuries old Inns of
Court, was damaged in recent
raid in which heavy bomb ripped
through a wall and smashed wood
carving on the interior, it was dis
closed today. Office suites in the
hall also were damaged
Other buildings in the Temple, in
the heart of legal London have
been damaged in previous raids.
Middle Temple Hall is one of the
four great London Inns of Court,
Lincoln's Inn. Inner Temple. Middle
Temple and Gray's Inn, which are
voluntary legal societies originating
In the 18th century.
Judges barristers and students of
law are members and may work and
study there.