GERMAN ZEPPELIN ATTACKS RUSSIAN FORCE.
BOMBS DROPPED AFTER HOISTING WHITE FLAG. ARTILLERY BRINGS THE ZEPPELIN DOWN. 'Received September 16. 12.45 am.) Petrograo, September 15. A German Zeppelin, flying 500 ft, approached Voliau, on the Prussian frontier. Russian artillery damaged three motors of the airship, but the fourth kept it going until the infantry opened fire, when the Zeppelin hoisted the white flag. The infantry ceased fire, but the Zeppelin dropped four bombs, killing 23 and wounding 60. The artillery then brought the Zeppelin down, and eight Germans were captured.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15715, 16 September 1914, Page 8
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89GERMAN ZEPPELIN ATTACKS RUSSIAN FORCE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15715, 16 September 1914, Page 8
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