London, Oct. 27.
REAR destruction and many casualties throughout England were feared this morning as Britons cautiously peeked from air raid shelters after a day and night of fierce aerial bombardment.
Although the all-clear signal had not sounded, a prolonged lull which began before midnight and continued into the carly morning hours signalled diminishing action by raiders.
By 5 pam. there had been seven alarms in London atone, although Middle East C.-in-€. efforts to break through the capital's outer defences in daylight raids were Promoted to General believed {o have been ona smaller scale than Friday.
London, Oct, 26.
Most of the German formations!
Lieutenant-Genotal Sir Archibald yesterday were of about 20 planes wwavell, Commandersin-Chief of Brit-leuch and flow at great heights be-M'forecr. in the, Middle East, has tween four and five miles up. One eon promoted to the rank of General formation was intercepted by a Polish defence squadron and chased Acing-Commander Watson of the back to France, officials said. ang bourne receives the Distinguish-fed Service Order, and the Medal for 'A. desultory attack, in the hours Conspicious gallantry. is awarded 10 [around midnight. showered high Frending-Stoker 'Ronald Keith Robb, explosive bombs anda number time bombs on one London district. Else of the Pangbourne. who, when itodly" wounded im bath. arns, stood Shattered glass littered the streets. Lup without cover' (0 slip" a." cable.
Liverpool Attacked ter, although he could only use one Gimsged sem, ebb helped epa Meanwhile anticaireraft batteries parties.
Lieutenant Victor Alfred. Smith of [in Liverpool swung into sation an raiders were reported over a town, the Royal Australian Navy, ix among south-west Scotland, those. mentioned. in" dispatches for Many victims were trapped when bravery. when attacking the German bomb hit a four story tenement house in the London area yesterday action variety and lent further peril {o fire Aghting activities.
Industrial premises and houses] also were damaged and there were number of casualties when a bomb, hit a now block of houses.
Occupants of an apartment house] and customers in a grocery store fon the ground floor" of the same building were killed and injured during a daylight raid when a bomb hurled through the structure and exploded, Six bodies were removed from the debris by women of the Air Raid Precaution defense corps. The women worked for hours trying 10 find additional bodies in the debris. Shop workers were feared. buried under piles of masonry.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.