An office building was damaged in another town. Bombs also were scattered without damage over a wide rural ar Raiders at dusk yesterday bombed a number of points in eastern and northeastern England and machinegunned streets in several places, "Some damage was done to house and other buildings," the official communique said, ut although some were killed, casualties were not numerous."
The communique said that night raids mainly were directed to the southeast, including London, but that no extensive damage was done. A brief raid was made on Mersey-side. Incendiaries started many fires in two Midlands towns, but they were quickly controlled.
Raiders turned their fury to the provinces, with planes reported over Scotland, "Wales, Liverpool and East Anglia, authorities said that high explosives and incendiaries dropped over the Liverpool area caused only minor damage.
The Air Ministry announced that a Scottish auxiliary squadron downed eight Messerschmitt 109's in a 10- minute battle over Kent, when they were intercepted by about 50, German raiders heading toward London, Observers reported seeing nine bombers which might have been Ita-lions, however the semi-official Press Association said "There is no truth in the stories that any considerable number of Italian aircraft participated in the attacks today.
Enemy aircraft flying at com-siderable heights made the second attack in the Portsmouth area." the Air Ministry also announced, "A number of bombs were dropped, causing damage to several shops. There were several casualties and a number of people were killed."
The all clear signal sounded at 6 p.m. as the fourth air raid alarm period of the day ended.
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