THE ZEPPELIN ATTACK ON NORFOLK.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2368, 26 January 1915, Page 5

THE ZEPPELIN ATTACK ON NORFOLK.

AIRSHIPS GUIDED BY MOTOR-CARS

SIGNALS FLASHED PROM HEADLIGHTS

("Times" and Sydney- "Sun" Services.)

London, January 23. The Zeppelin attack on Norfolk is denounced throughout Scandinavia. The unanimous opinion is that no military, importance is attached to the exploit. The Bishop of Carlisle (the Eight Rev. J. W. Diggle), referring to the air raid on Norfolk, said that if the King and Queen had been at Sandringham and had been injured or killed, the Empire would have'gone mad with rage. . Mr. H. Ingleby. M.P. for King's Lynn, has obtained a statement that one of the Zeppelins in the recent raid was accompanied by two motor-cars, one following the road to its right and the other to the left. They occasionally sent'upwards double flashes. The cars were carrying powerful lights, and subsequently stopped at King's - Lynn, lowered their light, and drove oft at a rapid pace to the open country. GERMAN PAPER'S PLEA OF JUSTIFICATION. London, January 24. The "North German Gazette," supplementing the Berlin justification, for the air raid, semiofficially claims that the international law relating, to aircraft is not binding in the present war. The old terms of The Hague Convention concerning bombs have expired, and Germany, France, and Russia have not ratified the new terms. The "Gazette" adds: "The Hague regulations do not refer ,to air warfare." [Berlin issued the following official justification for the air raid: "Our airships, in order to attack the fortified place of Yarmouth, were obliged to fly over other places, from which they were fired at. These attacks were answered by the throwing of bombs. England has no right to be indignant, as her flying machines and snips attacked open towns such as Freiburg, Dar-es-Salaam (in German East Africa), and Swakopmund (German South-West Africa). Germany cannot be forced to forgo legitimate self-defence.] HINT OF COMING RAIDS ON PARIS. ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) London, January 23. The "Echo de Paris" says that two new Zeppelin sheds near Brussels, and two at Longwy, are to be used as the bases of raids on Paris. AFTERMATH OF THE DUNKIRK RAH) FORTY-FIFE MINUTES' BATTLE IN MID-AIR. (Bee January 26, 1 a.m.) Dunkirk, January 25. There have been nine deaths from the recent raid, includin three members of the hospital staff. Two of the enemy's aeroplanes were shot down, and their two aviators captured. They were wearing British military caps. The other two aviators were killed. . British and French air-craft waged a forty-five minutes' battle while.the ciowds watched, undeterred by the falling bombs. Two of these struck the Uruguayan and Norwegian Consulates. A German aeroplane dropped four incendiary bombs on tho town on SatuT--day, without causing damage.