The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26

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 Some casualties were caused and a few people were killed, the state ment added. "11 fires either were extinguished or controlled by morn- ing. Tn the rest of the country casu- alties were few and damage wal not serious"
 There were two raids on London as well as extensive attacks on coastal and interior cities during the night and this morning. It also was disclosed that during the Lon- don raid on Saturday night a bomb hit the famous Church of Saint Giles in the Cripple Gate district adjoining the Liverpool street rail- road station. A statue of the poet Milton, outside the church, also was hit.
 Raids This Morning This morning German planes were reported near a southeast coast town while other German squadrons were near an inland town in the same area, renewing daylight raids.
 In connection with an official statement that 54 German planes had been shot down yesterday, in- cluding 34 of a fleet of 130 attack ing town on the south coast, the air ministry said that one of the fiercest air battles of the war had been fought near the naval base of Portland last evening.
 The German air force lost F bombers and fighters to 12 Spitfire (British) pilots, the statement said
 All but one of 54 Nazi raiders de- stroyed yesterday were shot down in little over an hour," it added "Forty-three of them crashed dur ing the Portland battle, six falling to anti-aircraft gunners." Whistling and screaming bombs crashed down on the outskirts oi London in two night raids. Two po- hcemen were reported killed in the second raid but damage and casu- alties were believed relatively small A lone German plane dropped four bombs on a residential section of London, shattering all windows in a nearby church. One bomb which struck in 8 garden, demol- ished an unoccupied air raid shell ter.
 Bombard Town All Night German planes bombed a north- east England coastal town all night and at dawn dropped a big bomb ill a residential section near a school. At another northeastern town numerous high explosive bombs demolished houses and lit- tered streets with debris. It was charged that German planes had machine gunned fire men and auxiliary fire fighters in towns in southeast England and the midlands.
 British experts said the Germans were using formations no larger than those they used two weeks age but were attacking non-military targets with increased savagery ir an attempt to terrorize civilians and were intensifying night bomb ing.
 London's second alarm of the night, the fifth of 48 hours, seemed to convince many Londoners that they must now reconcile themselves to spending part of every day ane every night in shelters. But they showed more interest in reports oi a Royal Air Force raid on Berlin than in their own danger.
 The authoritative times com mented:
 Britain may expect a further period of attempted attrition. But if what has happened during the past fortnight should in fact prove the prelude to an assault, equivalent to the artillery preparation preced- ing great battles, then the Germans have lost their labor because their preparation had been wholly in- adequate, whether against material and fighting personnel and the civil population or against the spirit ot the country"
 First Night Alarm
 Londons first raid alarm night came at about 10:30 o'clock last night. German planes were report ed to have dropped a number of bombs in the outskirts. Heavy gun- fire could be heard generally Searchlights swept the sky and sub- urbanites could hear the drone oi airplanes. The all clear was sound- ed within 50 minutes.
 There was second alarm at 12:3C a. m. today. Screaming bombs were heard in the London area and para chute flares could be seen floating down to guide bombing aviators The second alarm period lasted only 20 minutes and the "all clear" was