Indicative of the vast damage caused by British bombers over Berlin early yesterday morning were German news agency reports received in Shanghai later in the day. Their bitterness and dire threats against Britain showed how well the Royal Air Force had done its job. Scores of incendiary and high explosive bombs were dropped on the capital and, this time, they did not hit "cattle grazing in fields" or drop on "green spaces outside the city." Among the places hit by bombs were the Reichstag building, the famous Brandenburger Gate at the end of Unter den Linden and Paris Square. Also hit were the Academy of Arts, near the Brandenburger For in Paris Square, the House of the Association of German Engineers and many other important. buildings. The reports admit that large fires were started in the central and western districts, hundreds of buildings going up in flames. A number of buildings collapsed and many streets had te be evacuated. The heaviest damage of the raid was caused by a bomb which fell in the newly-built East-West Azis, one of Berlin's main thoroughfares. Owing to British raids the German radio has restricted its service.
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