New York, Nov. 2.
Reports were revived today that the world's biggest liner and pride of the British merchant marine. the Queen Elizabeth, was preparing to depart from New York, when it was learned yesterday that it took on capacity fuel supplies.
Shipping circles believed that the giant vessel would proceed to Halifax within a week and sail to Australia to join the Queen Mary world's third biggest liner in serving as a troop transport United The Air Ministry announced that seven British fighting planes had been lost during the night's operations, but that pilots of two of them had been saved.
"The attacks were directed mainly against the south-east coast, including the London area," according to the Air Ministry's communique.
The Ministry said that a small number of bombs had been dropped in the eastern Scotland district, in two Midlands towns and in a few districts in. Merseyside.
"Throughout the country the damage. has been comparatively slight," the communique said, "mainly confined to private houses. The number of casualties reported was not heavy, but it includes some killed."
High explosive bombs were showered on London shortly after the fourth alarm sounded at 7.40 p.m. yesterday.
Intensity of the anti-aircraft barrage indicated there were many raiders over London in the early evening.
The Air Ministry announced at 8.30 p.m. that eight German planes had been destroyed and that seven British fighters were downed, but two pilots were known to be safe.
A number of casualties were believed to have occurred when a high Switzerland Has Air Raid Alarms
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