ANOTHER AIR RAID IN PROGRESS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2887, 27 September 1916, Page 5

ANOTHER AIR RAID IN PROGRESS

(Router's Tolesram.) .tendon, September 26. - Another air raid on England k Jri progress. (Rec. September' 26, 8 p.m.) London, September 2S. Official.—"Several airships crossed the eastern and north-eastern coasts be-» tween 10.30 p.m. and midnight. Bombs were dropped oil several places, in the . northern and North-Midland, counties* The airships are now off the SoutK Coast." SIX HAIDERS THIS TIME. "i----(Reo. September 2fi, 10.85 p.m.)' ' ' London, September 26-. Field-Marshal Lord French reports that it is believed that sis visited the north-east and southerrj counties. There were some casualties and damage, but full reports hare not; - yet been received. FOUR RETURNING RAIDERS SIGHTED. (Rec. September 26, 5.30 p.m.)' Copenhagen, September 25. fishermen- at Ebsjerg report sighting} four Zeppelins, which were traveling; slowly in a south-easterly djreotion, : Ihey were apparently Bhort of fuel. One appeared to be damaged in tha after part. A DEADLY VISITOR. (Rec. September 26, 5.30 p.m.) London, September 25. ' A bomb pierced the roof of a housa in the London district and hung bus- ■ pended from the rafters. A fireman mounted a ladder and extinguished the' - fuse. - ■ GERMAN PUBLIC STUNNED BY! THE ZEPPELIN LOSSES. (Eeuter's Telegram.) (Rec. September 26, 8.20 p.m.) Ceneva, September 26.. Nothing has moved the German publid for months like the loss of the Zetn pclins. The people were literally stunned. THE BIG RAID ACCORDING TO GERMANY; "USUAL INACCURACIES." Australian-New Zealand Cable London, September 25. A German official message states., "Our naval airships . bombed' London; . and strategic places on the Humbert and at Sheffield and Nottingham, caus-i ing heavy fires. The airships were • heavily bombarded- by. gHardships be-.; fore they, reached the English coasti. and were heavily bombarded during tha raid. Two of crar airsliips sucoumbed' to the enemy fire over London. The others returned undamaged." The Press Bureau comments: aocount is full of the _ usual inacouxaor ies. No place of military importance was damaged!." ; . • AMERICAN COMMENT ' A FAILURE, i N9W York, September 25. American comment on the destine", tion of the two Zeppelins over England suggests that German aerial frightful-*, ness can now be as successfully conn* tered as the submarine frightfnlnesS has been. The defeat of the airships; is declared to prove _ that the widelyl heralded super-Zeppelins are their huge size making them morel vulnerable as targets for the defending guns. - TP FRENCH RAID ON ESSEN DISASTROUS IN ITS EFFECTS. \ (Rec. September 26, 5.30 p.m.) Berne, September 25. The French raid on Essen was trous in its effects. Incendiary bombS' were fired on the Krupp worksneds, GERMAN OUTRAGES ON NEUTRALS ' THE SEIZURE OF THE BATAVIEB, AMtralian-New Zealand Gable Association.' Amsterdam, September 25. V The Germans allege that the Bata* vier (the Dutch vessel which was seized by the Germans and taken to Zee- . brngge) was carrying contraband butter and choose. GERMAN TORPEDO-BOAT ATTACKED BY BRITISH AIRMEN. . (Rec. September 26, 5.30 p.m.) 7. Copenhagen, September 25. ; The, "Berliner Tageblatt" states thai' when the Prins Hendrick was released she left Zeebrugge convoyed by_ Ger-. man torpedo-boats. British aviators , attacked and severely damaged one tor-t pedo-boat. ,