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A daylight air raid on London took place on Wednesday

at 11.30 a.m., and lasted about a quarter of an hour. Wo regret to record heavy casualties-97 killed and 439 injured. The raiding squadron, which numbered probably fifteen machines, came in over the Kent coast and then followed the estuary of the Thames. They flew at an enormous height and appeared scarcely more than specks to the few people who could see them. The guns of East London engaged the raiders and many British machines also went up in pursuit.. Numerous bombs were dropped on East London. One fell in a railway station and hit a train, killing seven and injuring seventeen persons. Another fell on a school, killing ten children and injuring about fifty. Several warehouses were set on fire. No military damage was done.

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