London, June 20.
Germany launched the largest air attack against Britain since the beginning of the war last night and this morning bombing towns from Scotland to the English Channel coast and even penetrating northwest England, Six civilians were killed, 60 were reported injured and severe damage was believed to have been caused in coastal towns.
The Air Ministry announced that bombs fell. on scattered points in Lincolnshire, southern England and southern Wales, causing several fires to break out.
Many sections of Britain experienced their first air raids as Nazi bombers swarmed across the coast for the third consecutive day.
Anti-aircraft guns and searchlights cut through the black sky last night, while R.A.F. planes took to the air and engaged the German raiders. At least three German bombers were known to have been shot down, the Air Ministry said.
The noise of the planes' motors indicated that at least 150 planes passed over the southeastern coast of England at a high altitude this morning and then wheeled northward.
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