The Archive · 1941

London Raided

London, Feb. 15.

London last night felt its heaviest atlaek of the month as the Luftwaffe Gropped high explosives and incenlary bombs on all parts of the metropolis after a day of alr balties match-ug the September trays.

Reports from Folkestone said that, reminiscent of Luftwaffe attacks last Seplember and October, a large force of raiders attempted to break through the south-east coast defences yesierday afternoon, but was beaten off by Spires in a '15-minute battle above tthe clouds.

Bombo exploded in the London dls-{riet shortly after the alert sounded. The raiders flew in from the west and wore met by a terrify blast of 'Raiders were' reposted at many} places in, Britain, including "East Anglia eastern England, the east Mid-ands area and towns in'norih-western England—United Press.

Without exception every building ed, most of them utterly destroyed the Nazis call aiming at military obj ives, Germans Again Claim Attack on Convoy London, Feb. 18.

The German High Command communique again referred yesterday to the sation which it had reported the day before, and which is still unconfirmed in London, of an attack bya German warship on an enemy convoy in the Allantic. and claims the total tonnage sunk ax about 2,000.

The communique declares that during alr-raids on the British isles, German bombers scored hits on an electric power station near Glasgow, og well vas on harbour installation fon the cast coast of Scotland and south-east England.

Tt states that a convoy was attacked and dispersed east of Peterhead, fon the east coast of Scotland, and that six ships were severely damaged by bomb hits, The same bomber claimed heavy hits on a large mer~ jantman and on a submarine that may be reckoned a total loss."

In the Mediterranean area it stated bomber formation had raided an airfield in Cyrenaica and made suc cessful daylight raids on Malta, Meanwhile, reports from Funchal, Madeira, state that six ships in a British convoy steaming northwards between Madeira and the Azores are believed to have been sunk by a German surface raider—apparent Yivors landed in Funchal yesterda

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