BOMBS BY NIGHT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 May 1940, Page 5

BOMBS BY NIGHT

RAIDS ON EASTERN ENGLAND . ATTACKS AT THREE POINTS. ELEVEN CIVILIANS INJURED IN YORKSHIRE. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. LONDON, May 25. German bombers raided three parts of eastern England in darkness this morning and dropped small high-explosive bombs in the North Riding, Yorkshire, and East Anglia and also Essex. Great antiaerial activity broke out and the inhabitants who were awakened watched spellbound. A group of searchlights gripped a raider, and then there was the rattle of gunfire. The plane fled quickly over the sea. Eleven civilians were injured in Yorkshire. The damage was surprisingly small, there being many broken windows. The attack was brief. Two bombers appeared over Essex about a mile from the centre of a town. Only minor damage resulted. British machines chased the raiders away. Bombs were also dropped in East Anglian rural districts, damaging a couple of cottages and anti-aircraft guns went into action.

CALAIS HELD BRITISH & ALLIES FIGHTING MAGNIFICENTLY. ENEMY ATTACK ON BELGIAN FORCES. (Received This Day, 10.5 a.m.) LONDON. May 26. It was confirmed in London tonight that the Allied troops are still holding Calais. The 8.E.F., fighting magnificently alongside the Belgians and French, have repulsed all attacks. A British General Headquarters communique says: “The Germqns launched a strong offensive against the Belgian forces on our left and British troops have gone to their assistance. There was no serious attack throughout the day on the British front.”