BEATEN BACK

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 November 1940, Page 6

BEATEN BACK

GERMAN DAYLIGHT RAIDERS BATTLES OVER BRITISH COAST. SOME “MILITARY OBJECTIVES" IN LONDON. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, November 15. When 150 German planes attempted to raid London this afternoon, fighters turned back half at the Kent coast. A battle developed over Kent, but. fifty raiders reached the outskirts of London before another large fighter formation drove them to the Channel. There was another fierce battle over the south-east coast in the morning, when Spitfires intercepted a force of fifty planes. Two were seen to dive into the sea. The rest of the raiders disappeared. One south coast town experienced its longest raid of the war last night. A four-year-old boy was the only casualty. A number of firemen were killed when a high-explosive bomb hit an evacuated school in London they were occupying. Several are still buried beneath debris. . Seven chronic invalids and a nurse were killed in a hospital for aged and infirm women. A lone raider this afternoon ma-chine-gunned a northern English town. The latest official list of “military objectives” bombed in London comprises ten hospitals, 25 churches, three Embassies, four palaces, eighteen famous buildings, sixteen public buildings, seven stores, three clubs and the nine following newspaper offices:—Associated Press of America, “Daily Herald. “Daily Mirror,” “Daily Sketch,” “Daily Worker,” “Evening Standard,” “Glasgow Herald,” London “New Statesman,” and “Times.” None of the last-named are completely- out of action. It must be emphasised that the list is by no means complete, because many bombings are not yet disclosed for security reasons. The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and Buckingham Palace were damaged by bombs in recent raids. BOMBERS SHOT DOWN TWO IN THAMES ESTUARY. ONE ON SOUTH COAST. (British Official Wireless.) '(Received This Day. Noon.) RUGBY. November 15. During the morning two enemy fighter bombers were shot down in the Thames Estuary and one bomber off the south-east coast.

NAZI ACCOUNT OF BOMBING OF COVENTRY. (Received This Day. 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, November 15. A German communique refers to the “extremely vigorous and successful attack on Coventry.' and “to tremendous devastation." It is authoritatively stated in Berlin that 30.000 incendiary bombs were dropped on Coventry. The attacks are claimed to be the greatest in the history of air warfare. The Berlin radio stated that over 500 planes participated in the attack dropping 1,100.0001b5. of high-explosives, and 66.0001b5. of incendiary bombs. It is claimed that all factories were set on fire.