London had its longest alert so far during the night. Gunfire was heard intermittently for several hours as planes passed over. A few bombs Were dropped in scattered districts but casualties and damage were remarkably slight.
In conformity with their evident policy of concentrating on British shipping and docks, German raiders reserved their main onslaught for Hull during last night. The raiders followed each other in relays for some hours, causing widespread damage to property, Fires broke out in some parts of the city. but firemen, fire-watchers, wardens and police combined to deal effectively with these under most hazardous conditions.
Some people were trapped under debris of wrecked houses.
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