LONG NIGHT ALARM

Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1940, Page 7

LONG NIGHT ALARM

DAMAGE DONE AT LONDON Rec. 12.30 a.m. London, Sept. 16. London had its second longest alarm of the war during the night. It sounded at 8.10 p.m. and the all clear was heard 9 hours 28 minutes later. Londoners were well prepared for facing another noisy night. Not only had they the greatest confidence in the new anti-aircraft barrage, but also the news that 175 enemy machines were then known to have been destroyed during the day and that at the same time British bombers had given severe treatment to the enemy invasion barges and other concentrations was regarded as particularly encouraging. Many Londoners had also seen evidence of the Royal Air Force successes in pieces of German aeroplane wreckage lying in Central London and suburban areas. "Enemy air attacks were continued during the night. when the enemy changed their tactics and sent over successive small groups of bombers," said a communique this morning. "These attacks were directed mainly on the London area and the surrounding districts, but a small number of attacks were against other parts of the country. In London the attacks were over a wide area and houses. commercial and other buildings were damaged. Hospitals were attacked and three were damaged. Damage was done in north-west and northeast England and in Wales."