Berlin, Aug. 31.
Berlin suffered its most intensive air raid since the start of the war as British planes dropped scores of bombs between 1.39 a.m. and 3.16 a.m. today.
Chief of Berlin Police Kurt sast four Messerschmitts were He stated that the British dropped the Germans made more bombs and caused more damage off towards the French cost. One of today than in the Trursday morning brought down with rifle attack, which was the longest raid guarding one over Berlin to date, in half as much was riddled with time.
straight into the sea The British planes apparently pouring from-it. soared over the capital in waves and raid on the German took the defences by surprise, for two hours, but hitherto anti-aircraft batteries opened fire available. German three minutes before the general air a couple of hours after return of the British raiders, Nazi different zones of the central Berlin area, Residents Becoming Worried on By noon London had had already air-raid alarms, but they used no disruption of the capital's normal life. Many people were on their way to work when the first looked like a child's warning was sounded. Trains and ith tin bhatted gun-busses continued their journeys d in- normally.
The reaction of most train passen: gers heading towards the City was: it." They down The regularity of the British raids on the capital this week was visibly affecting the residents, Night club and restaurant business was falling off and people were seen proceeding to their homes'early in order to be near their own cellars by midnight.
Typical of the cards seen in restaurant were the signs placed in the Foreign Press Club requesting members to dine early enough in order to leave by 11.30 p.m., thus enabling the personnel to go home at a rea-i sonable time.
Fire Station Hit d was. caused in the re~ the~ famous. of d by about 90 fighters, a Fon Foreign respondents were con-southeast Berlin where British bombs Gri tourset: the same area in fad severely damaged houses on Eight "yaleings w damaged t Were dama in Messerschmitts could be plain-this zone, one of which was the main against the bright morning f Berlin fre station, where an explosive Oncè ten of them, in single file d round and round. An eye 's description was "They look-like silver files whirling round 2 bomb had dug a crater ten feet across.
About half-a-mile south of Unter den Linden incendiary. bombs had started fires which were still seen at 5.30 am.
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