Sentence examples for raid on london from inspiring English sources

The first daylight raid on London, on 13 June 1917, killed 162 people, including 18 children in a primary school in Poplar.

When Bendrix is injured by a bomb during an air raid on London, Sarah, a Catholic, makes a deal with God: if He will save Bendrix, she will end the affair.

You could make friends, and you love and adore them, but they don't remember what happened during the worst air raid on London, or what happened when you were bombed out and you had to try on your gas mask".

Both were killed by a German air raid on London in March 1918. 2 | Pack Up Your Troubles This cheery, upbeat marching song was written in 1915 by Welsh brothers Felix Powell (an army staff sergeant) and George Henry Powell (who became a conscientious objector).

The first German raid on London, on 7 September 1940, killed about one thousand civilians, mostly in the East End.

Anticipating the outbreak of the Second World War, the theme for the 1933 display was "Air Raid on London".

The sacrifice of André made Arnold odious to loyalists, and his reputation was further tarnished among his former neighbours when he led a raid on New London, Connecticut, in September 1781.

The last major raiding expedition the British conducted was ironically led by Benedict Arnold after he changed sides; his 1781 raid on New London included stiff resistance by the militia at Groton Heights.

Major Edmund Eyre, leader of the Freetown raid, was by 1781 promoted to lieutenant colonel, when he again led British forces during a raid on New London and Groton, Connecticut.

The National Crime Squad is furious at the leak - suspected to be from a high-level US source - which prompted a hasty raid on the central London apartment of Lucy Edwards, the Russian-born London employee of Bank of New York also suspended last week, and her Russian husband Peter Berlin.

Earlier this week, the police made a series of dawn raids on west London ahead of the Notting Hill carnival.