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Received Tuesday, 1 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 6, London and Grimsby were the niam targets during the night in the final phase of Britain ;s four-day air exereises which • ended at 7" a.m. today. Low level minelaying attaeks were made on Portsmouth, So.uthampton and Weymouth harbours and the River Humber. Invading Southland forees sent over all available aircraft in a final effort to overwhelm Northland defences. The bombers attempted to repeat the "spoof" raid of the previous night by a diversionary attack on Cromer, sending the main force to Grimsby, but the defence system discovered the ruse.
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 September 1948, Page 6
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99SECOND TIME UNSUCCESSFUL Chronicle (Levin), 7 September 1948, Page 6
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