Evening star., 1940-10-27
Nazis 5p|atter Fire
And Explosive Bombs
Widely Over London
Capital Put Under Eight
Alarms During Day;
Liverpool Also Target
By the Associated Press.

LONDON. Oct. 81 Sunday
Fire bombs and high explosives,
falling from as many as four and
five bombers at a time, splattered
over wide areas of London early to-
day as Nazi raiders stepped up the
pace of their 50th successive night
of air attack.
The raiders return at dusk after
seven daylight stabs yesterday put
the capital under eight air raid
alarms during the day-a number
never exceeded in a like period and
only twice equaled since the start
of the aerial siege.
Although London apparently still
bore the brunt of the German
bombardment, Liverpool reported
night raiders attempting vainly to
break through its ring of anti-air-
craft fire and Southwest Scotland
had second straight night of air
attack. The Midlands also were
raided
Bombs Fall in Groups.
One brief lull in the attack on
London ended when raiders slipped
past the capitals outer barrage and
dropped incendiaries and earth
shaking explosives. The missiles
fell in groups of eight and ten at
one time.
Fire engines raced through the
streets to fires which were rapidly
extinguished.
One high explosive bomb landing
in a London Business district seri-
ously damaged printing establish
ment, offices and surrounding shops
In one London area the Germans
first dropped two bombs. followed
them with five more and then let
loose stick of nine. Oil bombs
were mixed with them.
Two Bombers Shot Down.
Two German bombers were shot
down during the night, unofficial
dcwned over Northeast Scotland
and the other near a West Midlands
town which had its third straight
raid The crew of the first raider
was reported killed.
In the raid on the Midlands town,
high explosives and incendiary
bombs were dropped over a wide
area and damage was done to private
homes and business property. A
moving picture theater was hit and
an appeal was made for a rescue
party.
At another town in the Midlands
area, one of three high explosive
bombs hit some houses. The num-
Der of casualties is not yet known.
After sudden, brief squirt at mid
night, the London raid became COM
paratively quiet during the early
morning hours.
Scores of fire bombs were dropped
during the early hours of the raid,
some falling on the roof of church,
but most~of them in the streets or
open land. .so
Bombers Fly High.
A movie audience in a Southeast
town was watching news reel shots
of Capt. Robert Davies, who be-
came a hero in removing a time
bomb from the vicinity of st. Pauls
Cathedral in London.
There's no need for me to talk
to you about the bombs" his re-
! Election was saying on the screen
when bombs fell outside the theater
The audience laughed.
Most of yesterdays attacks we're
launched by groups of 20 or more
Messerschmitt fighter-bombers fly
ing at heights of four to five miles
British fighter planes ringing the
Southeast coast resisted with such
violence that few bombs we're
dropped in London during the day
But high explosive that fell in
shopping district killed at least
six persons and injured an unde-
termined number and several others
may have been buried in the wreck
age.
Southeast Heavily Hit.
An air raid shelter was hit, but
IL men, women and children crawled
out uninjured
The Southeast coast apparently
was heavily hit, although there
were few details from that area.
Discussions of the possibility of a
German invasion were revived
Field Marshall Sir Cyril Deverell
told the public that it might come
during the winter.
But, he added, "On our perform
ance in Egypt, the Sudan and the
Eastern Mediterranean generally
the most vital issues depend"
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