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boats, which are counted upon to
run interference for troop-laden
barges.
Naval airplanes, as we'll as the
regular air force, took part in the
attacks, it was said, centering
particularly upon Calais and
Dieppe.
IFS Planes in One Formation.
A formation Of probably l25 Ger
man planes encountered savage re-.
sistance from British fighters and
the heaviest anti-aircraft fire yet
heard in London in the first daylight
thrust at this capital
The sound of heavy bomb ex-
ploSlons thundered in the southwest
and southeast parts OF the city dur
ing an Commute alarm that started
at $40 pm. The Germans broke up
into twos and threes when the fight
ers pitched into them.
Soon a third alarm was sounded
at sos. This alarm ended after %
minutes
The first alarm, sounded at 1888
am, lasted but 10 minutes. Then,
reconnaissance planes apparently
sought to explore damage after their
night-long raid last night.
Special Bulletin Issued.
A special bulletin announcing the
raids on the German capital was
issued as this war-battered capital
experienced the first alarm, after
fourth successive night of still
heavy, but lessening German at
tacks in which bombs fell near three
famous museums and in Regent, OK
ford and Bond streets, the shop
window of the empire"
Hundreds of incendiary bombs
were rained on the Potsdam station,
but seven-tenths of a mile from
Fuehrer Hitler's chancellery, the Air
Ministry said, after every one of the
British warplanes had made d.
rect hit with heavy explosives.
Several Of them were glide at
tacks through the anti-aircraft bar
rage" the special bulletin said.
Many fires were started.
The station was described as one
of Berlin's major railroad terminals,
handling traffic for Magdeburg and
Southwest Germany.
Other Cities Share Assault.
Clouds over the London area again
were turned to livid red last night
as German bombers made another
large-scale nocturnal visit. Other
cities, far and wide, shared the heavy
punishment this time, some of them
for as long as two hours. Neverthe-
less, an official communique said
preliminary reports indicate that
this is less severe and that the cas-
ualties are considerably lighter than
on the preceding nights.
Warehouses and factories on the
Thames water front and in the city
were set afire, and bombs were scat
tered in South Wales, the Bristol
Channel district and Western and
Eastern England, the communique
said.
Heavier anti-aircraft appeared to
observers to have turned most Of
the raiders away from the central
city.
Nevertheless, bombs demolished
one big apartment building on q
square in Central London, hit a
large maternity hospital, smashed
streets and caused large business
blocks to culver from the blasts.
German sources said most Of
the oil tanks at Thameshaven
were destroyed, the big Millwall
and West India docks were hit in
East London, and the Kensington
west end residential district was
bombed)
Workmen still were struggling to
restore some of the transportation,
water and gas services disrupted by
previous attacks.
Transportation Nearly Normal.
The London Passenger Transport
Board announced that underground
railway services were almost normal
except for one or two short Sec
tons. Other transportation services
reported operations going ahead on
all routes, but that some curtailment
and diversions were still necessary.
The casualty figures for the raid