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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Tune in tonight to hear “London After Dark,” a CBS News special report. What is it like to live and work in this metropolis when the air raid sirens may sound at any moment? How is morale holding up after months of attacks by Nazi raiders? Join a tour of the blacked-out city with Edward R. Murrow, talented newcomer Eric Severeid, and many other radio personalities from the U.S. and the U.K. and learn the answers to these vital questions.

The program is scheduled to begin, bombs or no bombs, at 8 p.m. Eastern Time, 5 p.m. Pacific.

Against Deferring – 2
Plea Air Raids Upset Cows Frees Seller of Poor Milk – 2
The International Situation – 3
Big British Guns and Planes Reply to Nazi Artillery – 4-5
British War Relief Tops $500,000 Mark – 5
The Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 6

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/aug40/f24aug40.htm

German bombers strike Portsmouth

Saturday, August 24, 1940 www.onwar.com

Over Britain...After a lull of five days of poor weather the Germans again resume major operations. Their bombers now have really strong escorts and it is in consequence very difficult for the British fighters to get among the formations. The small airfield at Manston is so badly damaged that it cannot be used. There is also a damaging attack on Portsmouth. The losses for the day are nearer the figures required by the Germans, with the Luftwaffe losing 38 and the RAF 22. During the night the Germans continue their efforts, sending 170 bombers on various missions. Some of these, unable to find their targets, scatter their bombs aimlessly on south London despite specific orders to avoid this — a serious and significant error. During the night only two German bombers are lost.