Fires were started in the district where a public house was hit, but Air Raid Precautions workers quickly extinguished the flames.
The early morning appearance of raiders over the London area was preceded by, attacks on three southwest English towns late last night.
Twelve bombs were dropped near one town, where slight damage was caused although houses were not hit.
Earlier, a lone raider dropped incen diary bombs on the south-east Eng-Tish coast, setting one house on fire. Most of the bombs landed on open fields.
Heavy caliber bombs were dropped on south-east England this morning. Spitfires raced to attack raiders tempting to penetrate coastal defence.
German raiders dropped bombs on a rural district in north-east England as British fighters went up.
Other bombs were dropped on south-west England, but the damage was believed slight.
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