THE ZEPPELINS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17284, 27 September 1916, Page 7

THE ZEPPELINS.

ANOTHER RAID.

SIX AIRSHIPS VISIT BRITAIN.

Pflutar's Telegrams.

LONDON, September 26. Another air raid is now in progress. The High Commissioner reports:— LONDON, September 26.

The War Office reports:—Several afriKps cvo-jsed tho east and lions' east coasts on Monday night. Bombs were reported from several places m the. northern and North Midlands districts. An airship was reported off the south-east coast. •• >

The reports of the casualties and damage are not yet to band. ;..•'*■

BOMBS DROPPED IN MIDLANDS..

Australian and N.Z. Cable Aasociation.

(Received September 26,: 5.5 p.m.) • LONDON, September :26.

An official message says:—Several airships crossed the eastern and northeastern coasts between 10.30 p.m., and midnight. Bombs were ..dropped.iOn. several places in; the northern andi nrrth Midland counties'. : Airships' • are now off the south coast.

NO NEWS OF DAMAGE. *

(Received September 26, 10.35 p.m.) LONDON,; September 26. Field-Marshal French reports that, it is believed that six airships visited the north-east and southern counties. There were some casualties and damage, bat full reports have not been received, -

THE PREVIOUS ATTACK.

GERMANY'S ACCOUNT.

AMSTERDAM, September 25.

A German official report says:—" " Our naval airships bombed London, strategic places en the Humber, ana. Sheffield and Nottingham, causing heavy fires. Our airships were heavily bombarded by guardships before they reached the English coast and heavily bombarded during the raid. Two airships succumbed to enemy fire over London, but the others returned undamaged." The Press Bureau comments that the. account is full of the usual mis-state-ments. No places of military importance were damaged. . ?

GERMANY STUNNED BY LOSS.

GENEVA, September 26. Nothing has moved the German pub* lie for months like the loss of the Zeppelins. The, news literally stunned thtrn. .

AMERICAN COMMENT. AERIAL 1 FRIGHTFBLNESB FAILS, NEW YORE, September 25. - American' comment- on the: destruc* 1 tion of Zeppelins over England suggests that German aerial frightfulness may now be as successfully countered as submarine frightfulness. Tho defeat of the airships, it is declared, proves that the widely heralded super-Zeppelins are failures, their huge cize making them more vulnerable at targets for the defending guns.

" PLUCKY ACT.

FIREMAN EXTINGUISHES BOMS.

(Received September 20, 5.5 j?.m.) LONDON, September 25.-. A bomb pierced the roof of a housa in a London district and hung suspended from the rafters. A fireman mounted and extinguished the fuse.

RETURNING RAIDERS.

ONE DAMAGED,

(Received September 26, 5:50 p.m.) J COPENHAGEN, September 25. Fishermen at Esjberg -that they saw four Zeppelins, travelling slowly south-east,'.apparently short of fuel. One was damaged aft.