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Evening Star, Issue 23694, 30 September 1940, Page 10

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AERIAL WARFARE. LONDON, September 29. —While our bombers, despite bad weather last night, were hammering Berlin and the invasion ports London’s anti-aircraft defences were busier and more ear-splitting than ever, preventing the enemy penetrating the central defences. Neutral correspondents report that Berlin had two alarms, the first for an hour-and the second for half an hour. A German communique claims that the Berlin anti-aircraft guns brought down a British plane with an Australian crew, and ad.ds that the metropolitan area was not flown over. The British attacks were directed against the Ruhr, bombs falling on suburban residences of a Rhineland town, resulting in numerous casualties. Nazi raiders over London adopted various devices. A few’ tried cutting out their engines ancl gliding for a time, but they were relentlessly followed by shells. Others turned and circled the outskirts of the.capital. Some flew in .from various directions in groups of three or four and dropped incendiary bombs in an attempt to start guide fires. Several incendiaries fell in line in one area, and others fell on several houses in a south-east town on the fringes of London. South-east coast towns were also raided, and it is feared that several people were trapped in cellars when two shops collapsed. One raider unsuccessfully bombed a trawler. INVASION THREAT. LONDON, September 29.—Naval circles give a warning that autumn and winter will not remove the danger of invasion. A seasonal lull, like a second summer, which usually occurs in the next few weeks, would permit flat-bottomed boats to navigate the Channel. The German preparations in Channel ports are too consistent to constitute merely an attempt to divert British bombers. ANGLO-AMERICAN COLLABO- ' RATION. MOSCOW, September 29.—The newspapers give prominence to extracts from the American Press emphasising closer Anglo-Ameri-can collaboration and enhanced chances of a British victory. OHINEMURI RACES. Tirohia Hack Handicap.—7-6 Gold Spot 1, 1-1 Lord Waitangi 2, 4-4 Hackenscmidt 3. All started.