AERIAL WARFARE.

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 September 1917, Page 5

AERIAL WARFARE.

Tin: gurmAx raid

ZKJ.M.MOLINS TALK I’ALT

LUXDOX, Scpl. 'St

Tlie Zeppelins hovered over Yorkshire tor :i lon- lime, bul (he “;ill (dear" si-nai was -iven seven hours alder (lie firs! warnj n-.ot; (he airships. They (lew ;iI. ;i -real hei-h( and could not, be seen from ihe -round.

•OXK |{ATDIvK KKACIIHS LONDOX.

TWKNTV CASUAI/l’l KSKMPOHTKI).

LONDON, S('|i,l. 'S>

OHicuil. Aeroplanes crossed Hie Kent and Fssex co;is(s at. various points this evening. A tVw bombs were dropped. One raider penetrated sis I'sir sis Hie south-eastern outskirts of Lontlnii. Two bombs ciiused twenty casualties. |,uM)b,\’S AIK DFFFiNTKS. K FGAKDFd) AS NKAKLV PFKFKGT. I licutcv's Telegram. I Keeeived Iliis dsiv ;ii IV- lb ii.iis Loxnox. Sc*pt- 21;. A bid'll nfliciiil informed the* “Dilily Kxpress'' i list( Dondon’s siir defences sire, more efficient. lie* udded ; We Imve stopped dsiy raids, :11id tin* day is not far distsint wlieii i lie Hun machines will come no more. , WAD rOKKFSI’OXDF.Vr KTLLKD. XKCFSSITV FOK KLIM! ISA Lfcj. ('Australian and j\-Z. Cable Association. ( Deceived ibis dsiv sii 1 1.2(1 a.in. LOXDOX, Sept. 2(1. Duriiio* t lie* air rsiid ;i bomb killed fj. J. Stevens, the Alliens eorresoondeni of the “Daily (’broniele’’ and the “Daily Telejrrsipli,” wbo recently returned to London. Tin* “Daily Chronicle” insists on tin* necessity of an aerial offensive, eaiTvinp- the w:ir into Hie enemy’s land and foreino- tin* Germans to retiiin a serious proportion of tbeir aviiitors to jruard German towns.

J{A.IDERB UHIVIvN OKI?’

ELECTIVE' (iI’M'IKK

[Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.)

Received this <liiv :il <Sd»5 si.m LONDON, Sept 20.

The Press Huronu stales: Uur •>•11 ufire turned on the first yroup of raiders approaching London last only two penetrating our defences- These dropped a number of bombs in the southeastern outskirts of .London and damaged some dwelling-houses and killed, six and injured sixteen.

A second yroup of rnulers was driven oft" Indore renebinp' Ijoiidon, dropped bombs in tbe southeast of Unhand. Ao ciisiiii.lties or damage have yet. been reported-

(ViXOTJIKR UIMTI.SH UAID

1)1 ukct hits madm

[Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.)

Kccoived this iluy ;»1 11-45 a.mLUX DON. Sept. 20. The Admiralty reports Our iiuviil aircraft OropptMl many bombs on Sparappelhoek aerodrome ai noon on Tuesday. Several direci bits were reported- Our naval forces combated naval establishments at Osiend in the afternoon and secured several bits on the marine workshops. ...