AIR RAID ON PARIS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 116, 2 February 1918, Page 9

AIR RAID ON PARIS

1 BOMBS DROPPED BY LARGE SQUADRON .■ ■ I ONE OF THE GERMANS BROUGHT DOWN . Paris, January 31. Gennau aeroplanes bombed ' Paris. Several deaths resulted.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. (Rec. February 1, 5.5 x p.m.) Paris, January 31. In bright moonlight, the Gothas, on arrival at 11.45 p.m., weremet by an intense gun-fire. Numerous bombs \vere dropped on various points in the city.—Aus.-N.. Cable Assn, ■' STOIU r OF THE lU'ID. (Roc. February; 2, 0.10 a.m.) London, January 31. A French official report states: "Four enemy air squadrons crossed to the north of Compeigne, (lying very high owing to tlio clearness of tlic atmosphere, and approached Paris from the i north-east. Tliey successfully bombtKl several suburbs, then flew over Pafis, chiefly to the right' of the Seine, where they dropped almost all their bombs in a few moments. About twenty people were killed and fifty injured, including numerous women and .children. Two hospitals were hit, and several buildings burned or damaged. "There were several air fights north of Paris. One German aeroplane had to land, as its occupants were wounded."— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' / THE GERMAN REPORT. (Rec. February 1, 7.30 p.m.) London, January 31. A German official report states: — "As a reprisal for the bombing of German open towns, our aviators threw fourteen tons of bombs into Paris in the first systematic air attack we have made on that city."—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.-Reuter. A TRAGIC INCIDENT OF TUESDAY'S ati;ack. .London, January 31. A bomb dropped during Tuesday's raid in a London suburb instantly killed, seven members of a v.oldier's fam-city.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable As™.