GERMAN AIRSHIP SEIZED.
LANDS ON FRENCH SOIL.
RESULT OF: AN ACCIDENT.
By Telegraph. —Press Association — Copyright Paeis, April 3. i A. Zeppelin airship ascended from Lake Constance, on the t GermanSwiss frontier, to-da#. • -The propeller became disabled, and the airship drifted in a northwesterly direction across the French frontier, finally descending on the parade ground at Luneyille. The airship was seized, and her officers'.we're detained.
Luneville,- which, is a French town, near the German border, apd about 55 miles west of Strasbiiry, is a place of some historical importance. It was here that the peace of Luneville, between Germany and Franco, was signed, in 1801. It is agreat French cavalry station. .-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15269, 5 April 1913, Page 7
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GERMAN AIRSHIP SEIZED.
New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15269, 5 April 1913, Page 7
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