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F pilots l le Ic the long double flight fligh l ince pee ce and the Alps with withof of f bombs the air minis- minis K res s Reported f minutes bombs rained objectives the air Said Raid aid setting strings of bright blue and white is Ii Great clouds of white ere re sent f feet et at Sesto San San San- Gio- Gio added Italians t lians announced a amb ambs ames mb mes shit hit the Fiat factory anda da sanatorium there I t a British bomber t o near Milan 11 St also were reported Germany where Berlin l i night alarm f forays rays were reported as hiS of German bombers f ins in's coast in daylight Ift bier r a night of alarms ened d a new phase of an tHe clock clock air war on onI ona I a rs' rs Hit flit London raiders kept the L Lon Lon- n- n awake for more than Monday night and the English coast from lt southwest in an al- al state of alarm oVer oPer the south- south coasts after fe l were ere met by British on Pate Paje Four y Column lumn Three British Shower Bombs on Italian Motor Plants Continued from Page One fighter pilots and tabulated re reports reports reports re- re ports today indicated that at least four our German planes were shot down Despite the great nuisance of the he night raiders comparatively few ew casualties and only scattered instances of damage to private property were reported First Night Mass Raid But for the first time the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans used th the mass raid at t night sending 40 bombers against one northeast town where they de demolished demolished demolished de- de two shops and killed at least east two persons The government said some bombs were dropped on one district district dis- dis in the outskirts of central London and others in the sub sub- Several inmates of a poorhouse poorhouse poorhouse poor- poor house in a southeastern town were killed in that towns town's worst raid of the war and a number of casualties also were reported in inthe inthe the he midlands where there were three heavy night raids The Germans in a new technique technique technique tech tech- accounting for the record length of the London raid employed employed employed em em- a force estimated at 50 planes which flew new high over the capital at regular intervals singly or in small groups chain fashion Two Raiders Downed Some of the raiders far above the balloon barrages kept as high as feet feet almost almost four miles and and appeared as tiny silvery specks as antiaircraft searchlights searchlights searchlights search search- lights picked them out Despite their great height two of them were brought down in inflames inflames flames by antiaircraft fire in n the London area S Relatively few bombs were dropped considering the length of the raid and damage generally was believed small Whistling bombs were dropped in one London area I Nazis Busy Along Coast German bombers also spent one of their busiest nights of the war outside of London roaming singly or in small groups along the coast in some cases striking re repeatedly repeatedly repeatedly re- re at a single point in a manner similar to that of the chain raid on London Air raid precaution oI officials considered the damage small in relation to the intensity and length of the raids although property was destroyed and there were a number of casualties some fatal Previous night raids have in included in in- eluded simultaneous thrusts at widely scattered points with each attack lasting only briefly Londoners Remain Calm Many observers thought the chain raid was executed for its nuisance value value value-to to keep Londoners Londoners Lon Lan doners from sleeping and to hold holdup holdup holdup up production Whatever the Germans hoped for with the new style raid Landon London London Lon Lan don was not still Through the entire attack some traffic continued continued continued con con- to move and although millions millions mil mu- lions crouched in air raid shelters many stayed on street corners to watch the searchlight display and whatever else they could see of the raid Theater crowds sang and danced and there was much singing singing singing sing sing- ing in the shelters as Londoners made a night of it In one west end theater the audience remained in their scats and saw sawan sawan sawan an entire second performance Report 46 Victories I These raids capped yesterdays yesterday's unusually intense warfare all over Britain when according to BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish figures 46 German planes were brought down The government govern govern- men ment listed 15 British planes as missing with 11 of the pilots safe The Germans on the other hand claimed 74 British planes were destroyed against 18 German German German Ger Ger- man planes lost Houses were damaged in London London London Lon Lon- don suburbs in last nights night's raid but casualties apparently were few One Associated Press telephoned from his suburban home that he and his wife had iad ad arrived home just 10 minutes after a bomb fell 10 yards from their home Th The explosion shattered shattered shattered shat shat- all the windows shooting splinters of glass into the walls like arrows One corner of the brick house was blown away Patients Endangered Convalescent patients in a London London London Lon Lon- don hospital were taken to trench shelters during the raid and others others others oth oth- ers too ill to be moved out of the building were placed on mattresses mattresses mattresses mat mat- tresses under their beds The hospital was shaken by the ex explosion explosion explosion ex- ex of two bombs in the vi vicinity vicinity vicinity vi- vi but no damage was done to it One of ot the attacks on the fringe of a London suburb was made by a dive bomber which loosed three comparatively light bombs The only damage was done to roads In a southwestern town de described described do- do scribed as having had its worst raid of the war two bombs fellon fell fellon fellon on a poorhouse killing several people and injuring several A number of casualties were reported from a Midland town which had three heavy raids during during during dur dur- ing the night |