INTENSE BARRAGE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 October 1940, Page 5

INTENSE BARRAGE

HEARD THROUGHOUT NIGHT IN LONDON ' PARTICULARS OF ENEMY RAIDS. NUMBER OF CASUALTIES SMALL. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, October 6. Londoners had a long night of shattering gunfire and crashing bombs. Even people in the deepest shelters felt the violence of the anti-aircraft barrage, which many a time seemed greater in intensity than any hitherto experienced. The guns barked out almost immediately after the alert and continued sometimes for long periods. Occasionally they were heard singly, but more frequently in a sinister chorus, in which the several calibres could be distinguished. The official account says enemy air attacks during the night were directed mainly against London and adjacent areas. A few small scale attacks, of short duration, were also made on some other parts of the country, both last evening and last night. Dwelling houses and commercial and industrial premises in London and in some of the surrounding districts suffered damage and a number of fires were caused, but were quickly put out. A number of casualties, some fatal, have been reported. Bombs were also dropped in places in the Eastern Counties, in South-East England and at a few points elsewhere. Houses and other buildings in some localities were destroyed or damaged. The number of casualties reported from all these areas is small. An enemy bomber wa's destroyed during the night. TARGETS IN GERMANY AND IN OCCUPIED AREAS. RAIDS BY BRITISH BOMBERS. (Received This Day, 9.0 a.m.) LONDON, October 6. The Air Force last night attacked oil plants, railway yards and other industrial targets in Germany and also aerodromes, concentrations of barges and shipping in Holland. Three more of our pilots reported missing yesterday are now known to be safe. Our loss, therefore, was only two.