Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-10-23 | Page 4 | Nazis Launch Earliest Raid

I NAZIS LAUNCH EARLIEST RAID LONDON Oct 23 c Air J-Air W Air raid sirens sounded the earliest night warning of the battle for Britain Wednesday night and the roar of antiaircraft guns challenged the first nazi planes as they droned overhead on what appeared to be exploratory flights nights The day had been one of London fog thickened b by the outpourings of a million chimney pots which blanked out German raiders as ef effectively effectively effectively ef- ef as it had last night Bad weather also grounded the royal air force offensive against Ger Ger- many London had its second successive successive successive sive morning without an air raid but shortly after noon an alarm was sounded The raiders passed signal soon followed without any German planes having reached the area of the capital Authoritative sources said British British British Brit Brit- ish planes did not bomb Germany or German occupied territory Tuesday night because of extremely extremely extremely ex bad weather conditions Heavy rain clouds darkened the Strait of Dover and dense mist covered the sea German planes were seen at intervals from dawn to noon over scattered towns of western England England England Eng Eng- land however L London had two overnight raid alarms but they were considerably considerably consider consider- ably shorter than on n any night recently Much of the night passed without t any bombings and such attacks as there were at no time were heavy Casualties were few Four persons were killed however however how how- ever and three severely injured when a heavy bomb demolished a alouse house louse Rescue squads searched for other victims Elsewhere there were only intermittent intermittent in intermittent in- in raids except In the Midlands where one town was wasI bom bombed ed for two hours with some persons persons' killed and injured t