THE RAIDERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 231, 28 September 1915, Page 6

THE RAIDERS.

THEIR VISIT TO LONDON DESCRIBED BT ONE OF THE CBEW. " THE ENGLISH ARE TERROR STRICKEN. (Received 1.30 p.m.) BERNE, September 27. A member of a Zeppeliu crow, writing to the newspaper "Der Bund," sayn : "Ijondon is beyond our range. It is possible to roach the city if a >teady east wind is blowing, when we ran float a considerable distance, ronnffving our petrol. I'nfortunatcly the weather is England , * Iwxt ally. It i- eithiT «md Icftit it ovi-r-windy, or bright moonlight. "We took fewrr lionibe on the 1.-midon raid, l«ut they wire specially law one*. Wγ reached thi< mouth uf the Thames unobserved, owing to cloud* and the Bilcjirp of x\\» enpin* , *. »nd flrw up to tho Townr Bridgp, wlwrr wo rrosucd to the north side. SeArchlipbts then caught us. and immediately the »ky wa» ahlaz* with MarchlighU. Thr air ana rent by a tcrriflo cannonade Thr (runs we~p first unable to reach us, and we dropped bombs rejularlr. until shrapnel rx-jran to pl.iv around us '*W« could ili»a-rn dark spots nl conhiderablf »i» amid thr glow of light. »nd dropped bombs herr. but the searchlights hampered us and cut off the view of our objective*. "The English are terror ktnrken at our wonderful Zrppclinv The effect must have been awful. "The English land pins are UM-less, but there are better one* on the coast, w> we are rajreful in returning They always try to intercept us from Dunkirk in the morning, so we take another, direction. The RTe«t thine is plenty of p< trol when Englbh aeroplanes »re about."