Confidence was growing among the populace that the new British methods ff using an artillery barrage against the German raiders would be successful. Yesterday and last night German bombers for eight hours did their utmost to penetrate the ring of fire around the capital, but only a few succeeded in breaking through.
'The raiders approached the London fom three sides and were met withering barrage of fire from the "anthaireraft batteries. surround. ing the ity. Gun flashes and burst jig, shells streaked and' dotted the skies.
The raiders dropped three para chute fares which were followed by b alves of incendiary bombs which fell in the southern and south-western sections of the city.
During one of the afternoon raids' one German bomb smashed through the roof of a tall business. building 1 the city and penetrated the building alt the way down tothe basement. Another big bomb fell outside a meating house and dug. a huge crater. A second later another burst a water main in the same pot.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.