The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-09
GERMANY SCORNS
 BRITISH DRIVE

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 to the attack today but that dur ing the morning hours their opera tionS were on a small scale, partly because of cloudy weather, and that they busted themselves largely with reconnaissance work.
 Attack Still Develops
 It was indicated, however, that the German attack was stilr developing.
 The newspaper, B.-Z.-Am Mittag, like others closely under propaganda ministry control, said editorially:
 Evidently the night pirates have not had enough. That is proved by their new attempts at attack. Fur ther actions of the German air force will finally teach Churchilrs Eng land that the Fuehrers words little by little will be translated into deeds that will finally be effective"
 The official news agency, in 8 word-picture dispatch of raids op London, said:
 "The raids made by our bombet: units against London were carried out last night with such violence and force that the city had the longest air alarm thus far-10 hours.
 Wave after wave roared over, guided by the fiery glow of blazes visible from distance, which con- centrated into a gigantic seas of flames as one approached.
 "One wave had chosen particular industrial plants as it's objective. Electricity, gas and water mains were hit by the heaviest calihre bombs. A 5000 foot flame could be be seen from the gas works and heaviest explosions, following one after another, were observed.
 Searchlights Fail British anti-aircraft crews scar ched the entire sky with searchlights for the raiders without, however, getting any of the German planes effectively in their beams. Only their own fighter planes were caught sev- eral times and blinded so that one fighter was seen to crash. Despite barrage balloons and fiercely shoot ing anti-aircraft guns on the edge of London German planes succeeded in returning home unnsndered."
 Nazis said that the German planes had rained thousands of bombs on London without interrup- ton' in what Field Marshal Herman Goering, air force chief, had pro- claimed was the historic hour in which for the first time the German Luftwaffe strikes at the heart of the enemy"
 The Voelkischer Beobachter, Nazi party official organ, headlined: Terrible Blow Against England"
 It was asserted by the official news agency that in their newest bombings, German planes had dam aged harbor works and factories and other military goals, striking espec- ially in the East End industrial district.
 Though the German planes did great damage, Nazi spokesmen said, their attack during the night did not equal in scale that of the night before, which was called the greatest air attack of the entire war.
 Truly A Mass Attack
 It was explained that tn raid of Saturday night and Sunday morning was truly mass attack" involving formations of 100 and more planes each, but that raids of Saturday night and this morning were made by isolated bombers or small forma- tions.
 Nad planes were aiming now at prolonging the period of air raid alarms and polishing Of" the dam age done earlier, spokesman said.
 It was asserted that German plane losses were negligible because British defenses had been seriously famed by previous attacks" The balloon barrage, 1t was said, seemed to have missed fire completely as means of defense"
 Goering, the air force chief, re- vealed at headquarters in north ern France last night, that he had assumed personal command of the attack on Britain.
 T want to take this opportunity to say a few words at the historic moment when after all the British provocatory attacks on Berlin, the Fuehrer has decided to order repris- al blows on the British capital" he said during a radio broadcast.
 T have personally assumed con-, mand of these victorious German flyers who for the first time are att tacking London in broad daylight. Accompanied by brave fighter com- rades, they will continue to carry orders to full execution"
 Win Mastery of Air
 After @ morning raid on London yesterday @ jubilant Nazi had said:
 After our air force yesterday and this morning demonstrated the ab- fifty to drop any number of bombs of all calibres on precisely chosen objectives without material inter. ference by the British air force 1t has become obvious that We have won mastery Of the air over the capital of the British empire"
 In last nights raids, it was said, the German bombing planes found targets easy to find because of the fires still Bmoulderlng from previous raids. Those fires it was Eald, were enlarging,
 WontheP Hnlls kaEis
 Berlin, Sept, O-fUp)-Ilaln and pooF visibility slowed down German mass aerial attacks On London t0s day following she longest and haavs lest" raids Of the war On docks, hafbeF works, oll depots, public uills