LATE WAR NEWS.

Evening Star, Issue 16079, 3 April 1916, Page 8

LATE WAR NEWS.

(Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.) Renter reports that the Achilles was sunk on Friff& of llm'erew cP\° «K tel \*"i 6 2 others were lauded. ' [lf 'this menage ro'S£ W ,M ; & ' Achllles > means the loss of an armored cruiser of 13 550 tons, 23-knot speed completed in 1907. She carried six 9.2 in guns 'ami four 7.5 m guns, and her complement was 704 men.] hj Official .-Another air raid took place on Saturday night along the northeast coast of England There were two Zeppelins: sfxteen persons were killed and 100 injured The War Office states that of two of Saturday'* Zeppelins one reUred before reaching land. Eight dwelling-houses were demolished. Three bombs fell in one eastern countv town, the entire damago being done by the first, which demolished two workmen's dwellings The inmate of one was lulled, and the three inmates of the adjoiiiinrr house perished under .a mass of wreckage. Two or three Zeppelins passed "to and fro. An explosive bomb in another town killed a married couple in a cottage Then an incendiary bomb wrecked a house on the outskirts fatally injuring an invalid lady. The fourth victim was. a man standing in a doorway on the opposite side of the road. This town was visited at 8 p.m., then at 11 p m., apparently the same Zeppelin returning and raking the place with bombs, of which the total number dropped was 14. The whole town was shaken; walls feU, chimneys and roofs were damaged, and windows everywhere were shattered. J The steamer Ashburton, which was unarmed, has been submarined Her crew were landed, five who were injured being taken to hospital. # The steamer Gold.mouth has been sunk, two injured members of the crew being landed at Penzance. The Norwegian steamer Peterhamre is presumed to have been sunk. , T , . , r , . , L COPENHAGEN. April 2. A Danish fishing boat reports seeing : . Zeppelin half submerged in the North bea. It is believed to have previously been seen steering northwards during the British raid on Schleswig, accompanied by two hydroplanes. i , -it » ~-,.. . * ROME, April 2. Reports of Mr Asquitlrs visit state that the Pope is making fresh efforts for peace i ho is also anxious to explain his position regarding suggested participation, in. a. pjjacq conference,,