SPIRIT OF LONDONERS
PREPARED FOR ANYTHING VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT FACING UNKNOWN TERROR (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 15 After six short day raids Londoners were most surprised and even comically a little resentful when the All Clear ” was sounded for the first time before dawn today (Sunday), upsetting the new routine of shelter life. The usual raids began shortly before midnight, and London’s guns opened up violently. Apparently newly-placed batteries were joining in the tiring, the booming of which shook London from end to end. Incendiary bombs began to fall in wide areas in London. The firing sometimes crashed continuously like the rolling of thunder. The enemy aeroplanes were seemingly lower than usual, although they were facing the unknown terror of the new type of balloon which carries the barrage cables considerably higher and has already claimed at least one victim. 4 As the “ air-blitz ’’ entered its \ second week it was obvious that the spirit of Londoners, and indeed of all Britons, is harder—tempered in the fire of German terrorisution. They are prepared for anything:.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21219, 16 September 1940, Page 7
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176SPIRIT OF LONDONERS Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21219, 16 September 1940, Page 7
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