Moscow, Aug. 11.
Moscow was raided Sunday night and early this morning in v raid which lasted four and one-quarter hours, during which five German planes were shot down, an official communique issued by Tass, official news agency, said today.
The alarm was sounded a, 11 p.m. when the Germans attempted a mass raid but the "enemy planes were dispersed by anti-aircraft fire and protective detachments of night fighters," the communique said, Individual planes broke through the defence and dropped incendiary and high explosive bombs, the comwnunique added.
"Several fires were started but military objectives were not affected and no Soviet planes were lost," the communique concluded.
Eight Nazi Planes Shot Down Luftwaffe warplanes struck at Moscow early yesterday morning for the l4th time in 19 nights, but only a few planes from "several formations" penetrate the defences, according to carrying out the attack were able to
official announcements.
Eight of the German raiders were shot down before the Luftwaffe planes could reach the city. A few reached Moscow despite the network of night fighters. barrage balloons and anti-aircraft batteries, and they dropped explosives and incendiary bombs. Homes were set on fire and some civilian casualties were caused.
The air raid alarm lasted 2% hours.—United Press.
Kremlin Said Hit With almost 100 planes employed in dropping explosive bombs of all calibres and "thousands of incendiary bombs." Moscow was subjected to its worst raid of the war last night, the official agency claimed.
One heavy bomb. it added, hit the Kremlin, causing "great destruction" and also several fires were started in, the vicinity of the Kremlin.
"The reflection could be observed from a distance of 100 kilometres," the official agency elalmed.—United ress.
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