German attacks on Great Britain during the night were not on an. extensive scale and were mainly directed {0 the north-west and to the area of the Bristol' Channel, says a communique issued by' the Air Ministry and Ministry of home Security. In both of these arcas, the communique adds, towns were tracked with high explosive and incendiary bombs, Fires which were started were quickly dealt with, but a number of burning houses were damaged, some of them seriously.
Bombs were also dropped in the residential district ina town on the north-east coast of England, wreck= ing two houses and damaging another. In the north-west and north~ cast, casualties were' not numerous. In the Bristol Channel area some casualties were caused, a small number of which were fatal. A few high explosive and many incendiary bombs are also reported to have been dropped on their districts in England, principally country dis {riets in the Home counties, and in Scotland, but no casualties are known' to have' been caused and damage appears {0 have een extremely' small. Raiders wore also active over Wales, but there were n0 casualties, An air-raid warning was sounded in the London area at 820 am. this morning, the all clear signal being given 30 minutes later.
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