WIDESPREAD RAIDS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21231, 30 September 1940, Page 8

WIDESPREAD RAIDS

DAMAGE IN GERMANY ATTACKS ON BRITAIN (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 30, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 29 While our bombers, despite bad weather, last night were hammering Berlin and the invasion ports, London’s anti-aircraft defences were busier and more ear-splitting than ever, preventing the enemy penetrating the central defences. Neutral correspondents report that Berlin had two alarms, the first for an hour and the second for half an hour. A German communique claims that the Berlin anti-aircraft guns brought down a British plane with an Australian crew, and adds that the metropolitan area was not flown over, the British attacks being directed against the Ruhr and bombs falling on suburban residences in a Rhineland town, resulting in numerous casualties. The Nazi raiders over London adopted various devices. A few tried cutting out their engines, gliding for a time, but they were relentlessly followed by shells. Others turned and circled on the outskirts of the capital. Some flew in from various directions in groups of three or four and dropped incendiary bombs in an attempt to start guide fires. Several incendiary bombs fell in a line in one area and others fell on several houses in a south-east town on the fringes of London. South-east coast towns were also raided, and it is feared that several people were trapped in cellars when two shops collapsed. One raider unsuccessfully bombed a trawler. Seven Planes Shot Down A Ministry of Home Security communique issued at midnight states: Four more enemy bombers were shot down in South-east England by antiaircraft fire on Sunday, making seven enemy planes destroyed on that day. Two of our fighters were lost, but both pilots are safe.