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THE ZEPPELIN RAIDS j FURTHER PURSUITS i (Rec. October 23, 1.35 a.m.) \ London, October 22. ; Apparently eleven aeroplanes were en- -i "aged in the raid, of which eight reached France while three others retired via : Holland. An airship was reported disabled over Toulon. It wag then almost: ; vertical, and subsequently disappeared ; towards the Mediterranean. It is be- I lieved that it well into lbs sea. The j French aviators were compelled to aban* I don the pursuit owing to the approaching night. ' . : The Zeppelins were tlie largest yev j seen. Some of them must have been in ; ihe air for thirty hours, travelling twelve hundred miles. It is estimated that, whereas there were eighty casual- : ties in. England, the Germans lost Ml ] | killed or taken prisoner. j THE ENEMY'S AIR PLANS GRAND OFFENSIVE MOOTED. (Rec. October 23, 1.35 a.m.) 1 Paris, October 22. ; A. German aviator who was taVen ; prisoner states that Germany is prepar- j i'tig for a grand air offensive by masses ; I of machines, so forestalling the advent 1 of those being constructed in America, i The German machines include a giant j 'biplane with four motors, carrying ! ! bombs weighing three hundred WloI grammes. The Germans had two thousand aeroplanes in .Tuly, and are sparing no efforts to increase the number.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 24, 23 October 1917, Page 5
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