London. May 12.
The first stage of last night's alarm pasted quietly but London braced itself nevertheless for the expected os: ault. German tactics have been to pound a city at least two or three successive nights when they "turn on the heat" in all-out raids.
Early today a full moon glowed orange in a cloudless sky—perfect for blitz activities, Air raid precaution workers, fire fighters, ambulance crews. rescue workers, policemen, hospital attendants and other defenders stood ready, while underground the air raid shelters were jammed with weary people.
The intensity of the Saturday-Sunday attack exceeded that of the famous "Wednesday attack" of three ud one half weeks ago but apparently was not as widespread
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