SHATTERING BARRAGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 257, 27 September 1940, Page 7

SHATTERING BARRAGE.

FOR ENEMY RAIDERS. MORE SENSELESS BOMBING. LONDON, Sept. 26. London’s barrage splashed the sky on Wednesday night with metal ceaselessly for hours while raiders were doing their utmost to reach the central area. The wisdom of millions of Londoners who have readjusted their roub ine to enable them to wind up their day’s doings before dark was justified when the guns blazed almost as soon as daylight left t'he sky. The raiders opened their attack with the usual battle with the ground defences. They first attempted to come into Central London from the northwest and south. Single planes, apparently testing the guns’ vigilance, took no chance with the capital’s mammoth battery and flew higher than nsual in an effort to evade t'he terrific response from below. Londoners underground felt the city shaking as the guns gave a hot reception to the early scouts. Night raiders were also over Wales, the north-west and the Midlands. They dropped many bombs, particularly in a town in the north-west which experienced', its 121st raid since the outbreak of the war. ...... A communique from the Air Ministry and Ministrv of Home Security states: “The enemy continued his offensive over Britain on Wednesday night, dropping many bombs in parts of .England and Wales, but The London suburbs and the surrounding .districtbore the brunt of the attack Fires started in several London areas, but were soon under control. Towns and the c > in South-East England were 0 bombed and there were a few casualties and some damage. LONDONERS ANGRY. The nineteenth successive air raid alert signal was sounded in London on Wednesday evening, and Londoners resigned themselves to the orchestra of the heavy British- anti-aircraft barrage, punctuated by the i rnrmP d humble homes 'hit by dropped indiscriminately from German aero planes (states a British Official Wire le Th,rSwn g . senseless and criminal t ■ pgsprevious nWfr ““ the lack Of any pretence of dece y the part of the Germans in tne^ hideous campaign against populations. accordT'he Germans do not i > j nstea d ing to neutral observers, Londonof producing horror amo g t tremely ers, they are makuig «e donerß are EBT..2&’ sfis“ “they are a tougher proposition the Germans can deal witn.