The Archive · 1940

Raids on London Subside Early

German Bombers Fail to Take Advantage of Clear — Moonlight Night

London, Nov. 13.

Despite a bright, clear moon over southeastern German raiders Inst night failed to take advantage of the opportunity to attack the area, according to the Air Minisliy communique, The sky was clear and cloudless, but nothing was heard of German planes after midnight, although the final all-clear did not come until 8 m. today.

London was the main objective in the early evening raids, but secondary and less persistent attacks dcveloped elsewhere, notably in the Midlands and in Merseyside, the communique stated.

In the London area "there was damage done to many districts. It is feared that at several points a mumber of people lost their lives, out nowhere was the number of cusualarge," the communique while "the damage was widespread." it was "not heavy considering the scale of the attack."

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