IHIRTY MINUTES after the London, June 25. cease fire order was issued in France, the German Air Force last night and this morning launched over the entire British Isles its most widespread air raids since the beginning of the war.
The German raiders swooped over England from coast to coast, appearing over the south-eastern, north-western, southwestern, north-eastern and midlands areas and dropping bombs on several sectors, Five persons were killed in a south-western town and six civilians were reported injured.
Nazi bombers thundered over London, the Thames Estuary and Wales, but no bombs were reported dropped on London proper.
The northeastern, southwestern and. midlands sectors of Britain received the heaviest damage ard many bombs were reported to have been dropped fon. these areas.
At least five persons were killed and two were missing when Nazi bombs struck a house in a. southwestern town, Police were still searching the debris in this town this afternoon and it was feared more casualties would be discovered.
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