NAZI BOMBERS OVER ENGLAND

Evening Star, Issue 23694, 30 September 1940, Page 5

NAZI BOMBERS OVER ENGLAND

USUAL NIGHTLY VISITATION SLIGHT DAMAGE AND FEW CASUALTIES (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 29. (Received September 30, at 9.40 a.m.) London, South-east England, the Merseyside, and the East Midlands were attacked by enemy bombers during the night. A few bombs were dropped at isolated points, but an Air Ministry and' Ministry of Home Security communique states that reports indicate that little damage and a few casualties were caused. .In the south-east the attacks were mainly concentrated on the south and west of London and on districts in the Home Counties on the southern and ■western outskirts of the capital. A number of fires were started, which were soon under control. The damage was mainly confined to dwelling houses and shops. There were some casualties. On the Merseyside the attacks were less severe than of late, and, though some houses were damaged, no casualties are reported. In the East Midlands high explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped in rural areas, but the damage was slight and there were no casualties. FRIDAY'S TOLL 133 RAIDERS DESTROYED LONDON, September 28. A series of thrashings inflicted on the German air force yesterday resulted in 133 raiders being destroyed, compared with British losses of 34 planes and 18 pilots. MORE RAIDERS DOWN ONE FOULS BALLOON CABLE (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 29. (Received September 30, at 10.50 a.m.) An Air Ministry and Home Security communique states; Three enemy aircraft, all bombers, have been destroyed over this country since midnight. One which was brought down during the night fouled a balloon cable and crashed into the sea off the south coast. The second was shot down in the Thames Valley by fighters in the morning. Later another was shot down into the sea off the south-east coast by anti-aircraft guns. Enemy activities over Britain this morning consisted of a few attacks by single aircraft. Some bombs were dropped at points in the Thames Estuary, two towns and villages on the south coast, and a village in the Home Counties. Little damage was done in any of these attacks, and there were a very small number of casualties. CIVILIAN VICTIMS FIRE IN TENEMENTS LONDON, September 29. (Received September 80, at 11 a.m.) Two were killed and five injured last night by a bomb falling in the middle of a road in a south-western suburb and wrecking two buses and two houses. A family of four sheltering on the ground' floor was killed when a bomb hit a house in a north-western suburb. Several A.R.P. workers were killed when a hall in South London was demolished. The wardens were buried under the debris. A warehouse in a neighbouring street was hit by bombs and the subsequent fire lasted three hours, involving three working-class tenements, the occupants of which were safely evacuated. Many were hurt when they were blown from their beds. SEVEN ENEMY PLANES DESTROYED (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY,. September 29. (Received September 30, at 1.42 ip.rn.) An Air Ministry and Home Security communique issued at midnight states: “ Four more enemy bombers were shot down in South-east England by antiaircraft fire on Sunday, making seven enemy planes destroyed that day. Two of our fighters were lost, but both the pilots are safe.” DAKAR FRENCHMEN GENERAL DE LARMINAT'S ADVICE LONDON, September 29. ((Received September 30, at 9.30 a.m.) General de Larminat, GovernorGeneral of French Equatorial Africa, broadcasting over the 8.8. C. to the garrison at Dakar, said; “You fought well to prevent the landing of Frenchmen aiming to preserve Dakar for France and to prevent Italy and Germany. establishing submarine and air bases. By ordering the machine-gun-ning of your fellow countrymen your superior was assuming an obligation to act similarly against every Italian and German attempting to do what General tie Gaulle wishes to prevent.”