Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
More German Raids
Follow Night Attack
On British Isles
Bombs Dropped
By Thousands;
Civilians Killed
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other section of London had taken
to shelter when an incehdiary bomb
hit its building. A fire brigade got
the blaze under control before the
main part of the building was dam
aged.
Some bombs dropped in the Lon
don area were of the delayed action
type. One of these, which fell on
open ground. exploded after daylight
this morning. Sixty persons already
had been removed from nearby
houses.
One bomb fell on open ground in
popular London residential dis
trict. There was no damage, and no
casualties.
Attack From Dusk to Dawn.
London was under alarm hours
and 10 minutes. The raiders first
appeared shortly before pm, or not
long after dark, and kept attacking
the city, singly or in small groups,
until just after 4 am. or just before
dawn.
The London sky was brilliant dur
ing the raid. a combination of at
tack and defense weapons producing
an unprecedented fireworks display.
The raiders first dropped parachute
flares and followed these with in
cendiary bombs.
The fires started by the bombs
made deep CLOVIS visible for miles.
The skies high above were pierced
by hundreds of anti-aircraft search
light beams as the capitals de-
tenders employed the biggest bat
terry yet used to ferret out the
bombers.
Through all this brilliance there
resounded the booms of exploding
bombs-many could be heard from
the very heart of London-and the
clang of many scores of fire engines
racing through the streets to attack
fires as soon as they were started.
The government accused the raid
ers of dropping bombs "at random"
In the attack on London, while the
wide use of incendiaries on London
, and throughout the country caused
the British Press Association to de-
scribe the raid as Germany's most
venomous attack of the war against
Britain" The bombers over London
were called Gay raiders"
Casualty Figures Withheld.
The Ministries of Air and Home
Security in joint communicate said
that in London some damage was
done to houses, shops and other
buildings, including a church." and
"some casualties were caused, in
Guiding a small number of fatal in
juries."
The communique. far longer than
those usually issued on night raids,
listed damage done and persons
killed throughout the country al
though as usual exact figures were
not made public. "a considerable
number" of German planes took part
In the attack, the government said:
In Southwestern town, the water
supply was crippled; homes and in
dustrid property were damaged in
a Midland town and some" persons
were killed; industrial property,
houses and "other buildings" were
damaged "in number of towns in
the northeast and northwest" and
casualties, although mot numerous"
included some deaths"
In addition to these points specifi-
cally mentioned, the government
said that elsewhere many incendi-
airy bombs and some high explosive
bombs were dropped" causing a
small number of casualties with
''some" fatal.
Incendiary Bombs Stressed.
The Press Association, in its &C
count of the raids, said Adolf Hitler
had sent fire raiders to scatter
their incendiaries Unfortunately
In widespread areas"
Bombing with high explosives
was Of q minor character" the news
agency said, "but according to re-
ports reaching the Press Association
tncendiaries were furtively showered
On towns, villages and open heaths.
I'm two towns, one on the south
west coast and the other In the
Midlands, considerable damage was
done. and there have been a num-
Der of casualties during the night.
Apart from these two towns, de-
spite hundreds of incendiaries drop
, ped, damage was extremely slight
and certainly of no military import
: ance. The civil defense where tested
came through brilliantly, stirrup
pumps beating the incendiaries, and
the raiders fire bombs mission will
60 down as another of Hitler's fall
ures.
lover London. Jay raiders main
tanned at intervals and flying singly
a 7-hour marathon high above the
populace and put scattered incen-
diaries over the outer districts"
The Air Ministry announced that
90 German planes were destroyed
over Britain yesterday, increasing by
four the number reported last night
Twelve British planes were admitted
lost.
Many Bombs Dropped Today.
German planes dropped many
bombs over a wide area on Britains
west coast today, causing numerous
fires.
A number of casualties, including
two dead, were reported from a
northeast city where about 80 bombs
fell In an almost straight line across
the town. Two delayed action bombs
exploded later, causing further
casualties. Most of the damage was
done to workers homes, it was said
In another northeast city young
woman was killed and several other
persons injured. two seriously, in a
raid which lasted only two minutes
The attacking plane cut its motor,
elided silently over the town,
dropped three bombs and then flew
out to sea.
A survey of the London area
showed that IS districts were at