Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-29
II German Warp|anes
Downed in 4 London
Raids, British Say
R. A. F. Heavily Attacks
Largest of Nozi Ports,
Communique Declares
BY the Associated Press.

raids on London and breaking up
an attempt to attack Portsmouth,
the government reported.
"A large number of British fighter
squadrons permitted only a few
enemy planes to penetrate the Lon
don area" the official statement said,
asserting that few casualties and
little damage had been reported.
1t said that two British planes
were doWned, but that the pilot of
one was safe and that later informal
ton raised the number of German
bombers destroyed overnight to two.
Nazi Posts Attacked.
Meanwhile, heavy and successful
night air attacks on Germany'S
largest ports were reported by the
Air Ministry.
Shipyards were the British flyers
main detectives, the ministry's COM
munique said, but bombs also were
dropped on oil plants, railroad and
industrial centers, 10 air bases and
numerous anti-aircraft batteries. y
The Air Ministry named Kiel, Will
helmshaven, Bremen, Hamburg,
Emden and Cuxhaven as shipyard
sites attacked by British night
raiders.
Ships Attacked at BOulogne.
In Boulogne, it said. shipping was
attacked; at Homburg, Cologne,
Koblenz and Mannheim, railroad
centers were bombed.
One British plane failed to return,
the communique said.
Warships under construction at
Hamburg, Bremen and Kiel were
attacked, the Air Ministry news
service added later, and extensive
damage" was caused by bombs and
fires.
Warehouses and dockside factories
were set af1ame at Bremen, it said,
and great fires" were left burning
in Hamburg and Kiel shipyards after
repeated hits"
Relays of bombers caused explo-
sions and fires on Wilhelmshaven
barracks and docks. the report said,
and incendiary bombs fell across the
gasoline storage area of the Emden
naval base.
Three Alarms Today.
Three air alarms, all of brief dura-
ton, signaled the NaziS' return to
the attack on Britain today.
Numerous bombs fell in the Lon
don area in the rapid succession of
short-lived daylight alarms and sew
eral persons we're known to have
been killed.
The first daylight alarm in Lon
don followed an interval of several
hours after the last "all clear on
the SD straight night of air attack
The raiders passed" signal was
given after less than an hour, during
which a German plane, diving out
Of the sun, dropped another stick
while anti-aircraft shells burst all
around it.
At the same time. other German
raiders were reported over Mersey-
side, dock and shipbuilding section
of the Liverpool area.
Two high explosive bombs,
dropped from a plane flying so high
1t could neither be seen nor heard,
fell in one London district. A small
caliber bomb fell near a brick shell
ter, but did not damage it.
Second Alarm Brief.
The daylight raiders returned
quickly to their second attack on
the capital. This alarm. of only
brief duration, was followed speedily
by a third.
Queen Elizabeth ignored an air
raid alarm during a visit to food and
clothing distribution centers for
bomb victims in Southeast London.
Talking with its inhabitants, she
told them she regarded the removal
of children from the danger areas
as a good thing, especially children
of school age"
About 100 raiders, mostly fighter
bombers, tried to reach London in
today's attacks, the British Press
Association reported. But, it said.
British fighters intercepted many of
them and only a small proportion
got through.
"AI-Clear" Disturbs Quiet.
In London, comparatively few
bombs dropped during the night.
Sounding of the "all-clear" signal
at dawn disturbed a quiet that in
the later hours of the night had not
even been broken by gunfire. Earlier,
however, NaZi planes were estimated
to have flown as low as 5000 feet in
stabs at the London area.
Three raiders unoffcially were re-
ported shot doWn-one over Enfield,
one over the Scottish coast and one
over Wimborne-althoug the gov
eminent claimed toll of only one.
The government said the night
raids caused a number of casualties,
including some fatalities, in the
London area. Shops, houses and
other buildings were damaged, and
q few fires were started, but these
were reported eXtinguished, or
brought under control
In a MidlandS town, communique
said, a few casualties resulted from
a night raid, during which Nazi
airmen loosed a large quantity of
incendiary bombs, causing many
fires.
German air activity also was re-
ported in the southeast and north
east, but with little damage result
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