Sept. 13.
Ar. Winston Churchill, in his brondeast on Wednesday afternoon, fully lived up to" his reputation for frank speaking, and whea he said "We must regard the next week or so as very important in our history," he was ing something which should be borne mind during the fluctuations of the next few days. Hiller is obviously throwing all Ge) man resources into this phase of the strug in the hope of forcing an early decision, and during the next few weeks there may be 1 considerable increase in the effort he ix making. He has conspicuously failed 10 secure daylight mastery of the ait over Great and the attempt has cost him very it is true that enemy machines some rumpers have succeeded in penetra the defences of London anil doing extensive damage. But that was always expected. It has never for one moment been believed that was possible (0 maintain a completely impenetrable barrier. around the metropolis Nevertheless the defences have proved valuable and have undoubtedly saved London from a great deal more damage than it has suffered up to the present, The Prime Minister bore tribute to the splendid manner in which the citizens of
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