London, Nov. 9.
London was subjected to another intense German air raid early last night, but the raid slackened off this morning with frequent long lulls which it was believed was caused by fierce Royal Air Force attacks on German bases.
High explosives and incendiaries rained on a number of districts in the capital, damaging a-school, a hospital, an A.R.P. centre, homes, a Congregational Church and a new post office; The bombs also dug huge craters in several streets.
"Both the damage and casualties in London and the surrounding districts "Small scale raids were made on a. number of other parts of the country during the early part of the night, but little damage was done and there were few casualties" the communique said.
Hitler's Luftwaffe was paying dears ly for the attack, said the Air Ministry. Twenty German planes were shot down yesterday. and last night off the coast and over London, the Ministry said.
So fiercely were planes of the R.A.F. counter-attacking yesterday that in some bases German raiders jettisoned their bombs and fied rather than face aerial combat. A United Press cors
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