German planes staged four raids on this city shortly after dawn yesterday but failed to hit any important military objectives.
There were a few civilian casuallies, including several_women and children, Four German bombers! twere believed to have been shot down. They bombed from a great height and heavy anti-prevented them from engaging dive bombing.
'The first raid followed an air-raid warning sounded at 055 a.m. three other raids followed at twenty minute intervals. 'The first German' lanes appeared off the coast at 7 am. fand brought anti-aircraft guns into faction immediately.
During the first raid all the German bombs dropped into the sea while the majority of bombs in succeeding raids [also dropped in the sea. Only three bombs were known to have hit on tand—United Press.
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