WAR IN THE AIR. DEFENCE AGAINST ZEPPELINS.
CRITICISMS IX THE HOUSE OF LORDS,, "LONDON,: "October 21. .In the House of. Lords, Lord Portsmouth "said he understood the^AdimV alty; had warning'of. the .approach of > Zeppelins,' and suggested'that the public should he warned. • . •■' Lord Syd^nham was. of opinion that tliere had been,much .random shooting. If gunners had , been • taken" from trenches where \ 'they ,{ daily < practised | against aircraft the results .would have | been different. ,Tlie object'was to prevent Zeppelin crews from shelling targets. It ,won Id be useless and dangerous to keep our aircraft cruising overhead. Tlii'.v could'only,,wreck Zeppelins, by bombiniii, .and fic,hting of this description over"London .would involve ■ great,' danger. . Tluv.-aeroplanes best chance wph ,tp uncVthoZcppeliris.while. ' approa chin" -tluv '-coast •' before nightfall. - .' _ TTh> Dwkv o\' Devonshire) on of the" Admirally, said'that 1 if the public ' were warned probably! more people would oonurogato in the streets. Thr- , AdniirnHy wonld not bo content until \ cvejry step had been taken for the efficient protection- of ithft'njetropfis. He was not aware'that 1 signallers to the Zeppelins had been discovered ,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8276, 22 October 1915, Page 5
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