Be Attacked as Result Of Raid on London London, Aug. 17.
Britain today threatened to attack German population centres in reprisal for "unwarranted" German bombing of civilians yesterday, but the threat failed to avert the start of the seventh day of mass aerial attacks this morning.
Waves of German raiders, believed to be flying inland from the southeast coast, signified that Germany was turning a deaf ear to Britain's *hreat of reprisals.
More parachutes were dropped on the Midlands last night, but again there was no evidence to suggest that ^arachutists were attached to them. Two parachutes were seen falling, but they had nothing attached to them.
Germans Say Only "Gnat Bite"
Berlin, Aug. 17.
Germany's mass raids on Britain yesterday constituted "only a gnat bite compared with the hammer blows that await Britain" informed nazi quarters said today.—United Press.
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